We discuss the books at length so make sure your child has read and has copies of the books so we don't give away any plot lines or any spoilers.  If your child has taken my other Keeper Book Clubs this class will have some similarities.  Please be aware of that before signing up. 

I like my book studies to be open discussions where students think critically about the books and respond to questions from me and one another.  We will also discuss different literary elements in Shannon Messenger's books as we go through this class.  We will be doing all things Keeper so hold on tight for the ride! 

Week 1--  This will be marathon discussion of books 1 and 2.  We will discuss what person the Keeper books are told from: first or third person.  What is first person?  What is third person? Why does it matter?  Why is this in Sophie's point of view?  How would things be different from another character's point of view.  What would the books be like if told from the view of another intelligent species?  What characters should be given their own Keeper stories.  
I will give all students a chance to answer questions and participate in the class discussion.  
Homework will be to tell an important scene from another character's perspective or write the first paragraph of a book told from another character's perspective.  

Week 2--  We will discuss books 3 and 4.  What symbols would you give to the different intelligent species and characters in the books?  Why do authors use symbols?  Are there any symbols that you see in the books that we have not talked about? Homework will be to pick one element of the series and what you think it symbolizes.  

Week 3--We will discuss books 5 and 6 in the series.  As part of our study of books 5 and 6 we will discuss setting and how it is used in the Keeper books.  What are some differences between the Lost Cities and the Forbidden cities?  Where would you want to live in the Lost Cities? Why? How is the setting different between each of the homelands of the intelligent species.  Homework will be a list of what you would bring back from the Lost Cities.

Day 4-- We will discuss books 7 and 8 of the series.  What happens in these books?  Is the series starting to wind down?  What questions are we left with? Are we getting answers to the many Keeper questions?   Homework will be to write out the first paragraph of book 10 (your version).

Day 5--We will discuss in depth books 8.5 and 9 in the Keeper book series.  Each student will be given the opportunity to share their list of what they would bring back from the Lost Cities.  After discussion we will discuss plot, rising and falling action, climax and conclusion.  
We will do as much depth as possible in each of the books  We will talk themes in the Keeper novels.  We will share our paragraphs for the next book and then dive into all the Keeper themes in the novels.  We will end on what threads still need to be resolved for the series?  What do you want to see happen?  

In some classes we will compare and contrast the Keeper books with other popular young adult novels.  
Because my classes allow for class discussion some classes may go over the 45 minute class time by a couple of minutes.