
- 144 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Learn how to sponsor a successful, student-led book club for grades K through 12 that is fun, easy-to-implement, and encourages reading. Book Clubbing!: Successful Book Clubs for Young People offers practical tips on creating book clubs that involve students of all ages and reading levelsāincluding special education students, second language learners, and reluctant readersāmaking it easy to have fun, productive, and educational book clubs and other reading events. The book begins with a discussion of the current research on reading and practical tips from experienced sponsors and participants, followed by suggestions on customizing book clubs to fit the students' needs and how to add "sparkle" to the club with field trips, readers theatre, guest speakers, and mystery games. The book offers a wide variety of reading activities, ensuring a dynamic, lively reading group. Numerous forms, booklists, booktalks, reading lists, and resource websites offer additional help for educators and library staff. Especially unique and valuable is the reading activities chapter that includes reproducible reading games, a readers theatre script, a folktale "rap, " and various booktalks and contests.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- About the Author
- Reading Activities Matrix
- Introduction
- CHAPTER 1: Just the Facts: Research on Reading and Book Clubs
- CHAPTER 2: Back to Our (Book) Sponsors: The Adult Leaders
- CHAPTER 3: Make It Work! The Place Setting
- CHAPTER 4: The Book Clubbers: Letās Go Clubbing!
- CHAPTER 5: Reading Activities: The Fun Begins
- CHAPTER 6: Cover to Cover: Recommended Group-Reads
- CHAPTER 7: Talk That Book! Book Club Resources
- APPENDICES: Reproducible Forms
- Indexes.