Assignments

April Checklist:

• Read The Secret Garden by Francis Hodgson Burnett.
• Complete The Secret Garden Study Guide (except for the optional projects and pre-reading activities).
• Write your second semester (required) blog post; due on May 16th. 
• Bridge to Terabithia movie day on Saturday, April 20 at 2pm! 

March Checklist:

• Read The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare.
• Complete The Bronze Bow Study Guide (except for the optional projects and pre-reading activities).
• Start working on your second semester (required) blog post.
• Bridge to Terabithia movie day on Saturday, April 20 at 2pm!

February Checklist:

• Read Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson.
• Complete the Bridge to Terabithia Study Guide (except for the optional projects and pre-reading activities).
• Consider working on your second semester (required) blog post.
• Little Women movie night on Saturday, March 2 at 7pm!

January Checklist:

• Read Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.
• Complete the Little Women Study Guide (except for the optional projects).
• Consider working on your second semester (required) blog post.

December Checklist:

• Write one or two works to read aloud at the Pickwick Tea on January 3.
• Work on your first semester blog post, and turn it in (preferably through email) to the group leader no later than January 3. 
• Begin reading Little Women. Consider reading up to chapter 10 before the Pickwick Tea.

November Checklist:

• Read Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery.
• Complete the Anne of Green Gables Study Guide (except for the optional projects and pre-reading activities).
• Consider working on your first semester (required) blog post.
• If desired, complete a writing assignment for the group blog.
• Start thinking about and working on a short story, poem, news article, etc, to read out loud at the Pickwick Tea in January.

 October Checklist:

• Read Number the Stars by Lois Lowry.
• Complete the Number the Stars Study Guide (except for the optional projects and pre-reading activities).
• Consider working on your first semester (required) blog post.
• If desired, complete a writing assignment for the group blog.

September Checklist:

• Decide on a pseudonym (pen name)* and email it and a short bio** to the group leader by Thursday, September 13.
• Read The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis.
• Complete The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Study Guide (except for the optional projects and pre-reading activities).
• Start thinking about what book and topic you will write about for your first semester (required) blog post.
• If desired, complete a writing assignment for the group blog.

* Your pen name can include a first, middle, and last name ("Sally Jo Smith"), just a first and last name ("Sally Smith"), just a first name ("Sally"), or just a last name ("Miss Smith"). Be creative! You can take a name from literature or you can come up with one from scratch. Just have fun with it.

** Your bio should not include any personal information, such as hometown, birthday, age, family information, etc. When writing your bio, focus on answering the following questions: 1) What are your hobbies? 2) What is your favorite subject in school? 3) What is your favorite book and/or movie? Including any other random and general facts about yourself (such as favorite animal, color, etc. or "I can ride a unicycle")  is allowed.