Book Club

Over the next 4 weeks, you will participate in a semi-independent reading project with 3 or 4 of your classmates. Each week you will you have two opportunities to discuss the readings. These discussions will be monitored and given a grade.

Aside from the weekly discussions, you will occasionally have to provide written "check-ins." These will come in several forms, but will often require some summary work.

Midway through Book Club, you will be providing a short presentation to the rest of your class aimed at creating an interest in your book. This can either be a reenactment of an important scene, a talk show interview with a few of the characters, a formal presentation, or anything your group deems necessary to create a classwide interest in what you're reading.

During this project, you will be keeping track of vocabulary you come across that is unfamiliar to. Eventually, we will be making a list of vocab words compiled from your own personal lists. This list will contribute to vocabulary activities and instruction.
The final project project will be a creative work of your own choosing that ties in your special talents/interests. More details on this a bit later.

Some suggestions for your book club:

Animal Farm- George Orwell
Lord of the Flies-William Golden
The Westing Game- Ellen Raskin
Stargirl-Jerry Spinelli
Speak-Laurie Halse Anderson
The Giver- Lois Lowry


Your group may select a book that is not on this list. Please keep in mind:
1. The book must be new to everyone in the group
2. The book should be of an 8th grade reading level or higher
3. I must approve of the book by Friday, December 14 (so have a backup plan just in case your book doesn't get the green light)

Check out this website to research your books. Click here
HW:
Research three books that interest you. By Friday, you must decide with your group members what book you'll be reading. During that class, you will also create your reading expectations (i.e. the amount of pages read by the end of each week), so you must know the specific page length of your book.

Books must be in class by Tuesday, Dec. 18.