Explore Course – Dog Talk

Middle Grade students (ages 9-14, grades 4-8) will engage through video instruction, story interviews, and ‘paper and pencil’ assignments to work a fun exploration of the middle grade speculative Dog Talk by LuAnn M. Rod. This course is divided into 4 sections of study, and can take up to 4 weeks to complete. Three sections include Questioning the Story Interviews and a character arc study. The last section includes an enrichment project the student chooses, and final fun with the author. Like a Book Club, all work is geared toward helping kids explore the book on a fun level while incorporating student choice. 9 videos are part of this course, including 2 from the author.

Estimated Time: 4 Week Explore Course

Course Instructor

Kiri Jorgensen Kiri Jorgensen Instructor

Kiri Jorgensen is a long time teacher, curriculum creator, writer, editor, and publisher at Chicken Scratch Books. Her passion is middle grade novels, and she loves helping kids discover the wonder of strong literature.

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LuAnn M. Rod and Dog Talk

Book Section 1: Pages 1-75, Chapters 1-13

Book Section 2: Pages 76-155, Chapters 14-25

Book Section 3:  Pages 156-234, Chapters 26-38

Final Exploration of Dog Talk

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