Teachers: Corina Kaul,
Susan Price
Tuition: $160.00 per year, payable in monthly installments of $20.00,
semester payment $80.00 (please
make all checks payable to Corina Kaul)
Supply/Materials Fee (due at registration): $15.00
Deposit (due at registration): $20.00
Grades: 4th-6th
Minimum Class Size:
Maximum Class Size:
Estimated homework: Students will be expected to read assigned
chapters (approximately 30-35 pages per week) and complete
vocabulary and comprehension
exercises
at home. This will probably take approximately 2 hours per
week, but will vary by child.
Class Time: 3rd hour (10:40-11:35)
Required Materials or Books:
3 ring binder
colored
pencils or markers
pencil
We will be reading the following
books that must be procured:
(We
highly recommend purchasing these books (new or used) during the
summer so they are available as scheduled.
If necessary, you may borrow them from a family not taking
the class, or from the library if they have multiple copies;
however, it is the student’s responsibility to bring the
assigned book to class with him/her each week.)
- Stone
Fox by John
Reynolds Gardner
- Whipping
Boy by Sid
Fleishchman
- Charlie
and the Chocolate Factory
by Roald Dahl
- The
Best Christmas Pageant Ever
by Barbara Robinson
- From
the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil Frankweiler
by E. L. Konigsburg
- Sarah,
Plain and Tall by
Patricia Maclachlan
- The
Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
by C.S. Lewis
Welcome to the wonderful world of literature!
In this class students will be reading award winning books
and other engaging literature to learn about various literary
elements.
Class time will focus on instruction of literary terms,
comprehension quizzes, hands-on activities, and lively discussion
to make the books a rich and meaningful learning experience.
In
addition, each semester students will read one additional book and
prepare a creative book report presentation to share with the
class. Fall semester
selection will be any book of their choice; spring semester will
be on a biography or autobiography.
Teacher Information:
Corina Kaul is the mother of four children and has been home
schooling for 9 years. She
loves learning and has a 5 year history of teaching various co-op
classes. She is
passionate about teaching children and developing their heart for
God and the world which He has made.
One of her beloved hobbies is reading great children’s
literature to herself and also to her family.
Corina has enjoyed being a pastor's wife for the past 14
years.
Susan Price graduated from
Baylor
University
in 1992 with a BBA in Marketing and
Quantitative Business Analysis. She is the homeschooling
mother of three and has also taught in public schools for 2 years.
This is her third year at the Brazos Valley Co-op. Susan is
active in the various children's ministries at
Columbus
Avenue
Baptist
Church
. With a commitment to
providing children with a classical Christian education, Susan
wants to prepare them to live out God's plans for their lives in
the time and place He has put them. While enjoying teaching piano
for 17 years, Susan’s other favorite hobbies include singing,
playing and listening to music, camping, hiking, and studying
classical literature.
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