Meeting Pattern

Online/Google Classroom

Description

This course will cover both fiction and nonfiction material that is targeted for high-level students from 4th-8th grade. Individuals participating in this course will read all of the books recognized for the Newbery Award in 2020, 2021, and 2022. This will provide exposure to fiction books and nonfiction books. Participants will be required to complete comprehension assessments as well as engage with weekly online discussions. The assignments will provide participants 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 all Newbery Books in the Year 2020, 2021, and 2022. 

Texts:

You will be able to locate the following texts at school and public libraries, local bookstores, and online.

• “New Kid” by Jerry Craft (978-0062691194)
• “Other Words for Home” by Jasmine Warga (978-0062747808
• “Genesis Begins Again” by Alicia D. Williams (978-1481465809)
• “When You Trap a Tiger” by Tae Keller (978-1524715700)
• “All Thirteen” by Christina Soontornvat (978-1536209457)
• “Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom” by Carole Boston Weatherford (978-0763691561)
• “Fighting Words” by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (978-1984815682)
• “We Dream of Space” by Erin Entrada Kelly (978-0062747303)
• “A Wish in the Dark” by Christina Soontornvat (978-1536204940)
• “Red, White and Whole” by Rajani LaRocca (978-0063047426)
• “Too Bright to See” by Kyle Lukoff (978-0593111154)
• “A Snake Falls to Earth” by Darcie Little Badger (978-1646140923)
• “The Last Cuentista” by Donna Barba Higuera (1646140893)