Grade 3

The Boy at the Back of the Class

$140.00

Overall Winner of the 2019 UK Waterstones Children’s Book Prize
Winner of the 2019 UK Blue Peter Book Award
In the vein of timely titles such as Katherine Applegate’s Wishtree and Alan Gratz’s Refugee comes a touching, accessible middle-grade debut about the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis, as well as the life-changing power of friendship and standing as an ally.
There used to be an empty chair at the back of Mrs. Khan’s classroom, but on the third Tuesday of the school year a new kid fills it: nine-year-old Ahmet, a Syrian refugee.
The whole class is curious about this new boy—he doesn’t seem to smile, and he doesn’t talk much. But after learning that Ahmet fled a Very Real War and was separated from his family along the way, a determined group of his classmates bands together to concoct the Greatest Idea in the World—a magnificent plan to reunite Ahmet with his loved ones.
Balancing humor and heart, this relatable…

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Lessons: 4 Lessons

Term: Term 2

Genres: Fiction

$35 per lesson

Class Times

Term 2, 2021
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During the classes, he learners will actively participate in the discussion to share their thinking and light a passion of reading and learning from books. Our small size group classes allow each learner to answer questions and give them the space to think critically and creatively.


  1. Before the class: The learners are expected to finish reading the whole book , or at least half of the book.
  2. During the class: Depends on the book, our teaching contents cover the following parts
    3. - Vocabulary words and activities
    -Elements of the novel: Plot, Conflict, Setting, and Themes, etc
    - Character analysis
    - Comprehension questions: The learners’ dicussion will focus on making connections, visualizing, inferring, determining importance, analyzing, summarizing, evaluating, predicting, and questioning,etc
    - Critical thinking questions: The learners will think deeply and discuss together to extend their understanding and thinking
    - Writing tasks’ idea discussion
  3. After the class: The learners are expected to do a writng task as their homework