Students will read one Baby-Sitters Club graphic novel a week on their own time. Each week a new video will discuss the graphic novel that the students have previously read. This class does not meet live. The prerecorded sessions will cover the entire novel and emphasize characters, their motivations, theme, story plausibility, and inferences about what might come next in the series. The videos will also talk about the different illustrators and their unique styles for the story's characters. 

Each Sunday, students will have access to a video that covers the important elements of the week's reading and a corresponding one page worksheet with discussion questions and places for fill-in-the blank answers. The worksheets will also address/remind the students of some of the important topics from each graphic novel. Each week, I assign a short writing assignment focused around that week's discussion questions and ask the students to share their responses in the classroom (so other students may view, comment, and interact as well). I also ask students to submit any vocabulary words the students didn't recognize or passages the students did not understand. The more questions the students ask, the more "discussion" we can have in the classroom after each chapter. 

Weekly breakdown:
Sunday: Students will receive a worksheet and discussion questions for each weekly video. There is one weekly writing assignment to complete after the weekly readings. 

Monday: I post an I Spy challenge and ask the students to list one specific item they can "spy" from the week's reading. Students can also challenge fellow students (or myself!) to find other items as well. 

Tuesday through Fridays: I post a vocabulary word from the reading for the students to use in a sentence that showcases their understanding of the definition.  

Saturday: I post a link to a Kahoot! quiz full of general trivia about the Baby-Sitters Club and specific trivia about the graphic novel the students previously read. Students can post their scores in the classroom to share with any other students.