You’ve chosen the book. Now you’ll know exactly what to do with it, without needing to churn out months of worksheets. 

Join Francesca Hudson, The Classic High School Teacher, (a 20+ year educator) and discover her simple, reusable system that helps you turn almost any novel you choose into a meaningful high-school English study — without creating lessons for every chapter or buying another book-specific study guide.

Your Novel Study. Planned.

With How to Teach a Novel™, you’ll be able to sit down with your chosen book and, in around 60 minutes, map out:

✓ What’s actually worth teaching
So you can stop worrying about whether you're missing something important.

✓ How to break up the reading
Create manageable reading chunks that work for your teenager and homeschool rhythm.

✓ Where to pause
Identify the Teaching Stops™ where something is genuinely worth exploring.

✓ What to discuss
Use ready-to-go questions to create richer conversations without interrogating your teenager after every chapter.

✓ When to go deeper
Know which passages, character moments and ideas deserve a closer look.

✓ How your teenager can respond
Choose from written, oral, creative and analytical options — because not every novel needs to end with an essay.

And then use the same system with the next novel. 

No starting from scratch. No buying another novel study. Repeat the system each and every time you have a new book to study. Lifetime Access. 

You’ll Get Instant Access To:

The Novel Study Builder
Your starting point for building the entire study.

What Should I Teach? Selector
Decide what matters in this particular novel.

Reading Chunk Planner
Map a realistic reading rhythm.

Teaching Stop Planner
Choose exactly where you'll pause and teach.

Novel Discussion Question Bank
Reusable questions for almost any novel.

“I Don't Know” Question Ladder
Know what to ask when your teenager gets stuck.

Close Reading Moment
Go deeper with the passages that deserve it.

Evidence Collector
Keep track of the moments and quotations worth remembering.

Final Novel Conversation
Bring the whole book together.

Final Response Menu
Choose a meaningful way for your teenager to show what they understand.

PLUS:

4/6/8-Week Novel Study Plans
Choose a pace and adapt it to your family.

Novel Study Rescue Guide
For when you're behind, the book is dragging, discussions aren't working — or your teenager just hates it. 😅 

A little reassurance before you buy...

You do NOT need to be an English teacher.

A Note From Francesca: 

"I've spent more than 20 years in education, including 9 years teaching high school, and I've taken the decision-making process experienced teachers use when approaching a novel and turned it into a system you can follow at home.

You don't need to become an English teacher.

You just need to know how one approaches the book."

Perfect if you're thinking...

“We've chosen the novel... but what am I actually supposed to teach?”

That's exactly what this toolkit is for.

Bring the book. I'll show you what to do with it.