Important Note: Live chat is an optional activity. Students will have a taste of the in-person book club discussion experience as they exchange ideas in real time-and they'll do it all in writing! Our instructor will host "live" chats where everyone is invited to post in the classroom at the same time once a week. Since it’s asynchronous, your teen can log in any time, day or night! The whole conversation is conducted entirely online in the Brave Writer bulletin board style classroom. Teenagers are invited to join our virtual book discussion club! We do this in writing. Our book discussions are drawn from rich works of fiction that will easily fulfill the English credit requirement for literature for a year of high school if you register for at least a semester's worth. Homeschool students especially need the chance to talk about what they read-yet the busy mother-of-many doesn’t always have time to read those lengthy dense books, let alone discuss them in depth! Rather than reading in isolation, without the benefit of examining the writing and the layers of meaning novelists intend their readers to experience, Boomerang Book Club provides an asynchronous discussion forum for that opportunity guided by a writing coach. Instead, Brave Writer provides you a virtual coffee house-where students gather to freely discuss the novels they read at home. If I could host you all in my cozy living room, I would. “The first line includes ‘wandering’ which doesn’t leave the reader feeling very confident that the story is going somewhere decided.” “The scene depicts a somber, rainy scene.” Pages flip open and the first brave soul speaks up. What clues does Bronte use in the setting to create a mood?” “Let’s take a look at the opening two paragraphs. Then, as spoons clink and bodies shift to get comfortable, she asks: She gives a short account of setting and explains a bit about Charlotte Bronte. Once you’ve kicked off your shoes and have tucked your feet under you, the leader picks up the book-of-the-month- Jane Eyre. brownies and chocolate chip oatmeal cookies.assorted mugs in green, blue, and ochre.Click on the tab "2022-2023" to read details about this year's titles.