Ayden and I finished most of the last two episodes of the movie adaptation of the book, Looking for Alaska. Ayden will finish it over the weekend. Next week we will concentrate on essay writing and a brief assessment (vocabulary quiz).

Ayden and I finished the novel. Tomorrow we will watch the remaining episode of the mini-series to celebrate. Next week will be dedicated to essay writing and assessment.

Ayden and I co-read the novel for the entire session; we will finish the book tomorrow.

We reviewed vocabulary words; Ayden did not complete his homework, so together, we added the five new words from yesterday. Ayden typed the sentence from the book as well as the definition. To conclude, we co-read several chapters of the novel.

We co-read the book, Looking for Alaska, pausing to add to the essay outline. Ayden is reading well.

Ayden and I co-read two chapters of the novel. Next, we watched a short episode of the film adaptation of the book. We brainstormed ideas for his essay as we watched.

Ayden was quite tired after two hours of Hebrew, so we began the session with a brief episode of the book's mini-series adaptation, Looking for Alaska. It is instructive to see how the director made different choices to build a sense of suspense. Since we know the outcome from our reading (the character of Alaska will die), the foreshadowing was more obvious. Next, we co-read two chapters of the novel. The main characters are coping with their friend's death, trying to determine if it was an accident or a suicide. The material is challenging, but Ayden is handling it well.

It was great to see Ayden back on my screen after his ski vacation. After catching up, we jumped back into the novel. Looking for Alaska. The character, Alaska, has died tragically, and the remaining characters are dealing with the aftermath. Ayden read well and is processing the difficult subject matter appropriately.

Ayden was absent today.

Ayden was absent today.