Meeting Pattern

Description

Read all of the books recognized for the Newbery Award in 2025.

This course covers both fiction and nonfiction material that is targeted for high-level students from 4th-8th grade. Complete comprehension assessments as well as engage with weekly online discussions. The assignments will provide you a chance to draw from previous experiences, critical thinking, current events, and the critiquing of literature.

Syllabus, Objectives, and Outcomes

Objectives:

You will:

• Read and critique books to gain a greater knowledge of literature, draw from personal experience, critique and compare novels in terms of quality and content.
• Complete online assessments.
• Engage in discussions regarding the books.
• Complete six Newbery books from 2025.

Materials:

You will be able to locate the following texts at school and public libraries, local bookstores, and online. It is your responsibility to locate and acquire these texts and the expense of them should be considered part of the overall fee of taking the class. No extensions will be given for failing to acquire these books in the time necessary.

• "The State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
• "Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All" by Chanel Miller
• "One Big Open Sky" by Lesa Cline-Ransome
• "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O'shaughnessy
• "Across so Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
• The Eyes of the Impossible" by Dave Eggers