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February 2019 Boomerang Book Club

Brave Writer 2019 Feb Boomerang Book Club

Dive into the new year with excellent literature and sign up for our February Boomerang Book Club. After all, what could be a better way to spend the beginning of a new year than with good books and community for your children?

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! And that’s where we come in. Teenagers are invited to join our virtual book discussion club, conducted entirely online in the Brave Writer classroom.

Also a FREE digital copy of our language arts guide based on the book selection for the month is provided.


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February’s selection for the Boomerang Book Club is March by John Lewis.

With vivid detail only a graphic novel could create, March brings a first-hand account of the Civil Rights movement and the life of U.S. Congressman John Lewis to the page. Book one in the three-part autobiographical series covers Lewis’ early life on a sharecropper’s farm in Alabama, his life-changing meeting with Martin Luther King Jr., and the beginning of the Nashville Student Movement and their struggles to fight segregation with nonviolent lunch counter sit-ins.

Purchase the novel here.

Let Brave Writer help you. These book discussions are drawn from entertaining works of fiction that your kids are sure to love!

REGISTER HERE

Caveat: Please remember that you’re the parent. If you have doubts about the content of a particular book, please check the reviews of the novel or read it for yourself first. Pouch and Boomerang books in particular may include sexuality, graphic language, and mature themes.


Also starting in February are our Arrow and Pouch Book Clubs.

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February 2019 Arrow Book Club

Brave Writer 2019 Feb Arrow Book Club

Can you believe it’s already 2019?! We can’t either. But believe it or not, February is coming up and with it the next Arrow Book Club.

If you’re looking for an easy way into online classes for your child, our book clubs are great for that! Kids love “talking” (a.k.a. writing) about books. In these Brave Writer classes, they will be able to discuss the books freely with instructor guidance and encouragement.

Also a FREE digital copy of our language arts guide based on the book is provided.


[This post contains Amazon affiliate links. When you click on those links to make purchases,
Brave Writer receives compensation at no extra cost to you. Thank you!]


February’s Arrow Book Club selection is Freedom Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman by Dorothy Sterling.

Meet the tenacious Harriet Tubman and follow her journey as she not only escapes slavery but returns to the South to lead slaves to freedom by a secret route called the Underground Railroad. The story begins with seven-year-old Harriet tending a baby and ends with her passing at the age of ninety-three.

Purchase the novel here.

The Arrow Book Club provides an online discussion space (asynchronous, bulletin board style) for students to learn to discuss literature using literary analysis vocabulary without the pressure of writing “essays.” Homeschool students especially need the chance to talk about what they read—-yet the busy mother-of-many doesn’t always have time to take the discussion to a written form.

Let Brave Writer help you. These book discussions are drawn from entertaining works of fiction that your kids are sure to love!

REGISTER HERE

Caveat: Please remember that you’re the parent. If you have doubts about the content of a particular book, please check the reviews of the novel or read it for yourself first.


Also starting in February are our Boomerang and Pouch Book Clubs.

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10 Fiction-Writing Online Classes

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Is there a budding novelist in your home? Then check out Brave Writer’s fiction-writing online classes!

Our experienced writing coaches partner with each student and teach techniques for your young novelist’s fiction-writing toolbox. Students leave class with confidence and a brimming collection of writing skills to turn to for years to come!

The worlds and characters your young writer crafts are important to us. Our coaches build students up and grow skills through questions and enthusiastic responses.


Check the current schedule
to see this semester’s classes.


Fiction Writing Classes

Story Switcheroo (ages 5-8)

Story Switcheroo enrolls you with your child(ren) in this class. In this class, we create a mixed-up land for your kids to explore. Join us on a whimsical journey through the world of fairy tales, in Story Switcheroo!

Telling Tales (ages 7-10)

Stories from around the world await you in this class. Telling Tales enrolls you with your child(ren) in this class. Since the writing activities are flexible and you get to choose your own books, this class a perfect fit for a variety of ages, particularly for those kids in the Jot It Down or Partnership Writing phases.

Just So Stories (ages 9-12)

The Just So Stories course exposes kids to the classic animal tales in Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories. With the support of a writing coach, you and your children will read and enjoy four of the stories together. You’ll learn to identify the literary elements that make these tales so memorable as well as discuss how the stories are crafted. Once your kids have a feel for the structure and delight of these narratives, they’ll be led in a process that enables them to write their own!

Spinning a Folktale (ages 9-14)

Journey with us around the world, exploring cultures through folktales! Anansi, Jack (of the beanstalk variety), and a trickster monkey are some of the characters we’ll meet in this four-week class.

Writing a Greek Myth (ages 9-14)

Are your children fascinated by the Greek gods and goddesses? Have they retold stories of how Jason stole the Golden Fleece, Pandora opened her box, and Perseus defeated Medusa more times than you can count? Kids who love reading myths will enjoy trying their hand at writing an original one of their own!

Passion for Fiction (ages 11-18)

In Passion for Fiction, junior and senior high students will work on the elements of fiction using specific exercises to grow in their craft, for example: setting, character development, dialog, plot, and description.

Writing the Short Story (ages 11-18)

This is the perfect class for the nascent author who longs to finish work and find an audience. Like all Brave Writer classes, this one affirms and supports your child’s emerging writing voice. Due to the amount of writing required, we strongly recommend this class for eager writers ages 11-18 only.

Scriptwriting (ages 13-18)

Our focus in this class is on screenplays, but budding playwrights are welcome to join, too. All will learn the basic elements of scriptwriting and how it differs from writing novels.

Fan Fiction (ages 13-18)

By the end of this class, students will have created a story worthy of publication on one of the several websites devoted to fan fiction, if desired. Great summer class!

Powerful Fiction Techniques (ages 13-18)

Powerful Fiction Techniques is designed for passionate writers. Students who’ve taken Passion for Fiction or who have a work of fiction “in progress” are welcome in this advanced class. It will not work with the current piece of fiction but offers new techniques to apply to that writing so that it grows.


More classes for your whole family

Brave Writer offers a slew of classes for every age bracket. From Write for Fun to SAT/ACT Prep to Skip into Science, we’ve got something for everyone. Take a look at our selection of classes and sign up early to lock in your seats.

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Movie Wednesday: Sense and Sensibility

Brave Writer Movie Wednesday Sense and Sensibility

by Amy Frantz, Brave Writer alum

The Dashwood sisters, Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret, are left penniless when Mr. Dashwood passes away, leaving everything to their half-brother who forces them to move out of their own home and live meagerly with distant relatives. In the country, the young women encounter love and heartache as they navigate their new social status.


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Brave Writer receives compensation at no extra cost to you. Thank you!]


Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen was originally published in 1811. It’s original by line read: “By a Lady.” But today Jane Austen might be one of the most recognizable author names on any given shelf in a bookstore.

In 1995 Austen’s novel was adapted to the big screen as a major motion picture. Directed by Ang Lee, the film stars Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet, and Hugh Grant.

Much of Austen’s work, if not all of it, falls under the genre of novels of manners. Novels of manners are deeply concerned with, well, manners. That is to say, the social conventions, restrictions, and behaviors that “define a class.”

In Sense and Sensibility, a lot of emphasis is given to how characters behave when interacting with others, sometimes in juxtaposition with how society feels they ought to behave. Characters who behave “improperly” are sneered at or judged by those around them.

A central struggle many characters face is how to forge meaningful relationships around the restrictions on class and gender interactions put on them by society, and much of both the comedy and drama arises from how awkward following these conventions can make a conversation.

Discussion Questions

  • At the time during which Sense and Sensibility is set only men could inherit property, so the Dashwood sisters and their mother are deprived of their home and forced to live in the countryside. What other examples from the story can you think of that show the different social restrictions and expectations placed on men and women?
  • Do you think the film provides sufficient evidence of the change in Marianne’s affections towards Colonel Brandon at the end of the film or does it feel too sudden? Explain your answer.
  • Of the Dashwood sisters, whom do you relate to the most and why?
  • A character arc is when a character fundamentally changes as a result of their experiences. Example: Marianne journeys from innocent naivety to a more subdued practicality after her heart is broken by Willoughby. Do you think Elinor has a character arc? And if so, in what ways do you think she demonstrates growth over the course of the story?

Additional Resources

Brave Writer Boomerang Book ClubSign up now for our online Boomerang Book Club for Sense and Sensibility (class begins January 1, 2019).

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.

Also check out our Brave Writer ideas for a Jane Austen Deep Dive including:

  • novels,
  • films,
  • writing
  • prompts,
  • tutorials, and more!

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January 2019 Boomerang Book Club

Brave Writer Boomerang 2019 January Book Club

The Boomerang Book Club for January 2019 is starting soon! It’s amazing how time flies, but believe it or not it’ll be January before you know it! And with the new year comes new book clubs. You can register for January’s Boomerang Book Club now to ensure your child starts the writing year off on a good foot with some good ol’ Jane Austen.

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! And that’s where we come in.

Also a FREE digital copy of our language arts guide based on the book selection for the month is provided.


[This post contains Amazon affiliate links. When you click on those links to make purchases,
Brave Writer receives compensation at no extra cost to you. Thank you!]


January’s selection for the Boomerang Book Club is Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen.

Jane Austen’s first published work follows the story of two sisters, Elinor and Marianne, as they navigate the perils of the heart and judgments of society in 19th century England. While these sisters take vastly different approaches to life, their love and loyalty remain strong, despite the challenges they face.

Purchase the novel here.

Let Brave Writer help you. These book discussions are drawn from entertaining works of fiction that your kids are sure to love!

REGISTER HERE

Caveat: Please remember that you’re the parent. If you have doubts about the content of a particular book, please check the reviews of the novel or read it for yourself first. Pouch and Boomerang books in particular may include sexuality, graphic language, and mature themes.


Also starting in January are our Arrow and Pouch Book Clubs.

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