Book+Club

LINK TO BOOK CLUB BOOK/JOBS
 * Book Club **
 * Students will read a number of books throughout the school year in small groups.
 * Book club will meet Tuesdays and Fridays during language arts class for 10 to 15 minutes.
 * Students will complete reading assignments within their group, as well as complete daily tasks that go along with the reading.
 * Students will be evaluated on their ability to work in cooperative groups and book club discussion and packet.

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 * Book Club Cooperative Group Qualities: **


 * share information and respect others’ ideas
 * participate in the development of individual and workgroup tasks
 * complete workgroup projects to meet an established timeline
 * review workgroup projects and suggest improvements


 * Grading of Book Club: **


 * Quality completion of role packet and reading assignments over duration of the unit. (40 points)
 * Cooperative work in groups. (10 points)


 * Targets of Book Club: **


 * Students complete various roles to help with their understanding of a literature book and use a timeline to plan and distribute tasks.
 * Students broaden their scope of literature understanding through exploring connections, wording, phrasing, and imagery.
 * Students work with diverse groups in a cooperative way.


 * Book Club Packet and Job Descriptions: (All job descriptions are in the packet as well)**
 * Literary Luminary
 * Find at least three interesting parts in the section of the book you are reading
 * Look for lings like:
 * great description, metaphors, paragraphs that create suspense or excitement, interesting dialogue between characters.
 * Discussion Director
 * Create at least 4 questions that will help with discussion
 * The questions should NOT be just 'yes' or 'no' responses.
 * Connector
 * Make at least three connections to the book
 * Remember the 3 types of connections
 * Text to Text
 * Text to Self
 * Text to World
 * Illustrator
 * Draw a picture about a specific part in your reading.
 * Make sure you use COLOR, a piece of BLANK COMPUTER PAPER, and use the whole page
 * Write a brief description of the scene you were trying to show
 * Word Wizard
 * Find at least 5 interesting words throughout your reading


 * Book Club Packet**

Book Report