Book clubs for secondary classrooms faulkners fast five. Whether youre a school librarian or a teacher, allowing time for. Book clubs allow students to read for enjoyment without pressure of any testing expectations. Sharing thoughts and ideas about literature with the class can be intimidating for high school students. Apr 29, 2014 during book club meetings there is a fair amount of socializing and having a good time. Posted in book club, freebies, literacy, middle school, professional reading. Classroom book clubs traditionally involve studentled discussions about books. In this lesson, students in grades 7 and 8 form literature circle groups and read. We read anything from historical and science fiction to fantasy and adventure novels. Teaching reading in middle and high school can be challenging. Discussions are informal and studentled and refreshments are always. Elementary school book clubs are a great way to engage children while developing their critical thinking skills and keeping them interested in reading.
Book club for 4th grade meets on tuesdays from oct. Book clubs for middle school and high school have become the new. Book clubs are a great way to engage students with reading and help build a reading culture at your school. This is my first time running a club and having a teacher depend on me to create activities is both amazing and kind of stressful. I knew when i moved to 7th grade that book clubs would be one of the things that moved with me. Your guide to starting a book club in your school oxford. Look for agriculture fairs, rodeos, history or renaissance fairs, food festivals, art shows, car shows, science shows, holiday events, and so on, and choose a book with a topic that relates to one of these events, timing the completion of the book to be finished when your book club can attend. Apr 29, 2014 during book club meetings there is a fair amount of socializing and.
Scholastic home base is a fun, safe, and completely free online destination where kids can create their own avatar, interact with their favorite scholastic characters, play games, and read books. Recentering the middle school classroom as a vibrant learning community. Middle school students can also use conversation to increase comprehension. This can be as simple as going around the group taking it in turns to introduce yourself and saying what you like to read and what youre looking forward to about the book club if youre new or what you like about the club if youre an established. High book club is led by a copperwood parent volunteer. How to do book clubs in the middle school classroom. If you belong to a book group yourself, you will know that the pleasure of reading is multiplied when we share our ideas, explore differences of opinion and find common interests. Your first step is deciding what you want your club to focus on. Website by schoolmessenger presence 2020 intrado corporation. The rhs book club is a group of students who meet to read and discuss books which they have selected. The book club is a service organization whose members like to read and share about various kinds of literature.
Liven up your book club meetings by playing a quick game or two when your members first arrive. I also let the students choose which books they are going to read and hostlead various activities that surround our wonderful booklings more on. During a book club discussion, a student can try out his thinking by expressing his interpretation of a word or a passage. She hits the clubs, wears designer knockoffs and has big hair.
In a book club, you dont have to just sit around and talk about the book. Ideas on starting a teen book club in your school library. In march 2019, the book club also attended indianas firstever rosecon book. High school librarian sally blake talks about setting up their book club and the importance. Steve barrow and lena wasylyk acdec is a club for students to compete against other schools.
My high school has a student lead book club and i was elected our president. The graveyard book hardcover by neil gaiman goodreads author shelved 3 times as high. This activity will get students thinking critically without fear of embarrassment. Starting may 4, kids will be able to visit a special scholastic summer readapalooza zone where they can start and keep their reading streaks, earn special rewards, and more. These activities are easy to follow an suitable for most age groups within an elementary junior high school level. I still wanted it to have a readforfun concept, so we have friday book clubs. You can play games charades or win, lose or draw with bookspecific themes, do themed activities or even dress up as your favorite character for the meeting. Update a character or two from a book set in the past.
This resource consists of 5 short narrated videos that will teach you how to implement this method in a stepbystep way. How to run a fullchoice book club in your classroom. Explore options for setting up and running a book club. A group of high school students sitting in a circle, discussing a book. Find ideas for discussions and activities your book club will enjoy. Book lovers club activities for high school pinned for the first one. Of course, you will also discuss the latest book you are reading, but if that is all you do your meetings will soon become boring. That shared reading experience where students would get to just read and discuss is something i have loved having in the classroom the past few years.
At your first book club meeting, or whenever new people join your reading group, its good to spend a bit of time getting to know each other. Setting up and assessing book club in middle school and high. Book club for 3rd grade meets on wednesdays from feb. So today we are going to explore 25 proven activities that can be applied to any book and at any age level. The group meets the third thursday of the month during both lunches to discuss the books of the month and to choose the next books that will be read. Ideas on starting a teen book club in your school library book riot.
Members meet monthly to discuss a common book we have read. The teachhub student book club guide includes a pdf handout to get students. The second post details how to establish expectations and create a schedule, and the third post discusses accountability and assessment procedures recent literacy research has revealed that choice is the key ingredient in a successful reading program, especially for reluctant readers. The advantages of a book club in a middle school classroom. A novel study is a central pillar of the high school english classroom no matter. Even if you start with a core of 3 or 4 readers, the. You can play games charades or win, lose or draw with book specific themes, do themed activities or even dress up as your favorite character for the meeting. High school clubs and activities 20162017 academic decathlon advisor. The meetings are usually held on the last friday of every month beginning at 6. Seldomridge, a grades 68 project lead the way teacher at granite falls middle school in north carolina, knew a dystopian book club would not only grab students attention, but it would also connect to a range of subjects they were studying.
You can find a book club reading scheduler, free lessons, worksheets, and activities in my exclusive resource library. Games to play at a book club meeting with images book club. While the vast majority of any high school language arts curriculum will, of course, be covering high schoollevel reading materials, throwing a childrens book into the mix every once and a while can shake things up, and provide students with opportunities for creativity as well as critical thinking. Book clubs services to schools national library of new zealand.
Student book club offers students the opportunity to read and discuss books of their choosing, whether it be fiction, nonfiction, fantasy, mystery, etc. This post is the first in a threepart series about how to run a book club in your classroom. So i check journal entries and the completion of book club activities, and. This is the fourth installment in a series of posts with ideas and suggestions for running effective literacy circles or book clubs with students from second grade through high school.
However, sharing in a small group of peers is significantly less intimidating. Ideas for how to do better book clubs in middle school. When i introduce book clubs, i explain why i selected the books and seek to generate interest by sharing a brief summary of each one along with an excerpt i particularly love. This social experience allows conversation and an avenue for students to form opinions, support them with evidence and interact with each other in a unique forum. Minilessons that support effective book clubs center for the.
This activity was modified from the readwritethink lesson plan book clubs. Classroom book clubs are an easy and fun way to implement literature circles. Book club usually meets once a month, during lunch in the media center to discuss the book, express their opinions, likes and dislikes. We meet to work on fundraising projects, literature events and competitions, and just to hang out with other people who like to read. Look for bookrelated future local events and time them as a finale activity. This approach is very flexible and does require students to take on roles when they meeting. Book club ideas kid through adult great group activities. Literature circle lesson plans for middle school just add students. The questions should require highlevel thinking and. Book club conversation allows new ideas to be presented, building up a students understanding. See more ideas about teaching reading, teaching and reading workshop.
Minilessons that support effective book clubs center. When children meet with their friends to complete art projects and webbased activities, they turn reading into a social activity, and that encourages them to keep reading. The ghs girls book club meets once per month to discuss our chosen book. Morton high schools book club meets twice a month after school in the library media center. Setting up a book club in school reading groups and book clubs are a hugely popular way of engaging readers and are a way into opening the box of reading delights. The topic for this year is world war ii and there are various categories that we study.