Class Overview
Made With You in Mind
This is a writing class!
One of the reasons we read is to learn from the greats. We use reading to grow kids as writers.
We put strong writerly skills into your student’s toolbox to actually use. With our unique Brave Writer® approach, they will create original writing every week.
We take them from simply observing strong writing to producing strong writing.
Feedback from our writing coach is icing on the cake. Expect to see writing growth over these four weeks!
The themes we're digging into this fall!
"Home" (Oct 21 - Nov 14, 2024)
Choose a title (and grab a copy of the book to read!):
- ________ (title from the 2024-2025 Arrow collection)
- The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
- A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus
- Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome
- Front Desk by Kelly Yang
- The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser
"Journeys" (Nov 18 - Dec 17, 2024)
Choose a title (and grab a copy of the book to read!):
- ________ (title from the 2024-2025 Arrow collection)
- Wings of Fire: The Dragonet Prophecy by Tui T. Sutherland
- Pax by Sara Pennypacker
- The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera
- By the Great Horn Spoon! by Sid Fleischman
- Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Stay tuned! Every semester will feature a new theme and set of book selections.
(That means this class is repeatable. A wonderful way to accomplish the literature part of your language arts program each year!)
Your student will follow this reading schedule:
- Read the first 1/3 of the book before starting on Week One assignments
- Read the second 1/3 of the book before starting on Week Two assignments
- Finish the book before starting on Week Three assignments
At Brave Writer®, we read a range of books that address a wide variety of perspectives and include time-bound references. Please be aware that you may experience strong reactions to what you read. By using literature as a teaching tool to foster understanding and growth, we have the opportunity to discuss these evolving ideologies.
We encourage you to pre-read books to determine their appropriateness for your family and to prepare to have discussions on these topics with your students as they participate in the class.
Discussion in this class includes use of a private Padlet board.
It doesn’t stop there!
The exercises from this class can be saved and re-used by you at home. You can work your way through other books on the list or use this as the structure for a book of your choice.
All our titles are also offerings in our Arrow store (older titles can be found in our Old Brave Writer® Favorites section). As an optional extension of learning, purchase the Arrow to explore grammar, punctuation, spelling, and more literary devices based on the book.
