Week 1
Lesson 1
NO required reading before the first class.
We will go over the reading schedule of this class, learn how to keep a vocabulary journal. We will discuss the summary and see how it compares to the other books. We will talk about the mystery genre. What makes a good mystery? Do you like twists and turns where things are difficult to figure out? Do you prefer to know what the clues are? We will draw a cover for our book based on the summary we read in class. We will talk about the continuing adventure of the Grimm girls. We will play a game w
Lesson 2
 Have chapters 1 - 3 read before class. 
We will go over vocabulary words. We will answer reading comprehension study questions. We will discuss elections. Would you want to be elected to run for public office? We will create an election poster. We will play a couple of word scramble games involving fairy tales. Can you solve the riddles?
 Week 2
Lesson 3
Have chapters 4 - 5 read before class. 
We will go over vocabulary words. We will answer reading comprehension study questions. Our author is introducing a new character. We will discuss our new character and what we think they bring to the book. We will play a fairy tale matching game using pictures. Can you match the right fairy tales together?
Lesson 4
Have chapter 6 read before class.
We will go over vocabulary words. We will answer reading comprehension study questions. We are going to talk about the relationship between Puck and Sabrina. What do you think is happening? Do they really like each other? Does Puck like Sabrina? The other way around? We will guess what might happen in the near future and the distant future between them. We will talk about magic and why it is thought to be a component included in fairy tales. 
 Week 3
Lesson 5
Have chapter 7 - 8 read before class.
We will go over vocabulary words. We will answer reading comprehension study questions.  We will talk about the plot of our story. We will guess as to the outcome of the story and discuss our theories about it. We will play Jeopardy - The Fairy Tales Edition.
Lesson 6
Finish reading the book chapters 9 - 10. 
We will go over vocabulary words. We will answer reading comprehension study questions. We will talk about the resolution of the book and what may happen after the story ends. We will talk about the theme and symbols of the book. We will draw our favorite part of the book and discuss what we would change if we could.