9th/1th Grade Literature Description: Students will read from a selection of 6 books (3 per semester) and complete in-depth study guides for each book. Guides will include vocabulary, comprehension questions, and activities. Guides will also teach students how to analyze the story’s setting, plot points, character development, and literary devices such as simile, metaphor, hyperbole, etc. Students will be assigned chapters to read at home and pages of the study guide to complete. Optional writing assignments are included with the guides, but the majority of the written work will be discussed in class as a group. Cost: $150/semester course fee, no charter funds accepted Teacher Info: Stephanie Greer, [email protected] 540-267-6211 Books Required: All books must be the physical, unabridged version (no audiobooks). Twice Freed by Patricia St. John https://a.co/d/g5b6Bco Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson https://a.co/d/iaDNF1U A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens https://a.co/d/6AOzLPR Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne https://a.co/d/7NeUVIA The Giver by Lois Lowry https://a.co/d/efHFbDg Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson https://a.co/d/amoLDSE
01/09/2025, 01/16/2025, 01/23/2025, 01/30/2025, 02/06/2025, 02/13/2025, 02/20/2025, 02/27/2025, 03/06/2025, 03/13/2025, 03/20/2025, 03/27/2025, 04/03/2025, 04/10/2025, 04/17/2025, 04/24/2025, 05/01/2025
Participants must currently be in grades 7 to 10.
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 15
Registration starts on 12/01/2024 and ends on 04/30/2025.
Room: TBA
Please contact Cornerstone Academy if you have any questions.