Courses

English Lit: Exploring Genre Part B

ages 8-11 (gr.3-6)

Course Description:

Join us for Part B as we explore genre while discussing novels and engaging in a wide range of meaningful activities. We will be exploring how history and science are brought to life and changed through the lens of fiction, experimenting with different ways of shifting our perceptions of ability, playing with humorous literary devices, reading comics together, and wrapping up the semester with the creation of a comic (or other creative interpretation) in a genre of our choice. Alongside these activities, we will also be playing games with vocabulary and orally practicing the foundations of strong sentence construction using the Hochman Method.

Part A and B can be taken in any order.

Schedule and Cost:

Day: Monday

Time: 11am-12pm ET

Semester 2 Dates: February 7, 2022 – June 20, 2022 (16 weeks – No classes: Feb 21, Apr 18, May 23, and May 30)

For Tuition Fees, Code of Conduct, and all the details, see THE FINE PRINT.

Required Homework:

60-80 pages of reading per week (conventionally, as an audiobook or as a read aloud)

Generate 3 vocabulary words from the weekly reading

Connect with the genre by creating and bringing a comic, image, sculpture, etc. OR by finding and bringing a comic, picture, etc. that you’ve found to share.

Course Materials:

Owls in the Family by Farley Mowat

The Midwife’s Apprentice by Karen Cushman

Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper

Pi in the Sky by Wendy Mass

Occasional printouts emailed throughout the semester