Our first class is Wednesday, September 2nd from 11:00 to 1:00. This first meeting is a Meet and Greet class. I will hand out notebooks and give you the information you'll need for the year.Be sure to bring a pen or pencil, your tuition check, a simple snack, your imagination, and a big smile!
Our "every other week" September schedule looks like this:
Meet and Greet with Mrs. Cortez & Mrs. Harrelson on Wednesday, September 2
Class with Mrs. Harrelson on Wednesday, September 16
Class with Mrs. Cotham on Wednesday, September 30
In October we will begin meeting every week.
Start reading The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare. Your target completion date is September 30. :-) Spend those "off-weeks" in September reading this book. It is a very simple book. We will be using it to teach important literature concepts, terms, and ideas. Please keep in mind that we are choosing this extremely simple book so that we can illustrate how readers are able to learn literary concepts from any well written story.
The Sign of the Beaver is set in the wilds of 18th-century North America. It is about twelve-year-old Matt who is left on his own in the Maine woods while his father sets off to bring the rest of the family to the new settlement.. Conflicts and challenges arise for Matt during his fathers's prolonged absence. Some challenges are life threatening and some are poignantly life altering. Matt befriends Attean, an Indian chief's grandson and is eventually invited to join their Beaver tribe and travel north with them. Should Matt abandon his hopes of ever seeing his family again and go, or should he stay alone in the woods waiting for a family that may never return?
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