WELCOME TO READING CLUB! Instructor: Miss Lawrence 9 th Grade Center Room 313

Club Information  Club: Reading  Location: Room 313  Schedule: First Thursday of every month  2:30-3:15  Dues: $2.00 a month 

Club Activities and Ideas  Discussion circles in the classroom and Discussion board posts on Club Fusion page  Creation of alternate endings  Student led discussions  Letters to the author  Picture This: bring in art related to book's time or themes; compare, describe, discuss  Facebook Character creations  Oprah’s Bookclub: student host, author, and cast of characters; allow questions from the audience  Dear Diary: keep a diary as if you were a character in the story. Write down events that happen during the story and reflect on how and why they affected the character

Clubs in the Arts Options  Create bookmarks  Create pop-up books  Create and write a story together as a class; write and pass  Board game creation for adventure stories  Interactive Storyboard: individually or in groups, create a storyboard for the chapter or story  Character pantomimes  Tableau: create a still life setting; then someone steps up to touch different characters who come alive and talk from their perspective about the scene.  Story Soundtracks

Library Lock-Ins  Approx. 2 Fridays a year (unless there is much interest!)  Meet in 9 th grade center Library  6:00 – 9:00 P.M.  Pizza, Soda, Popcorn, and other snacks will be provided  Movies will consist of films based off of any of our books from the club or American Literature pieces

The books  We will read one book per month, with a few exceptions around the holidays.  A variety of genres: fiction and non, adventure & survival, choices & transitions, classics, family & relationships, fantasy, horror & suspense, interactive stories, mysteries & thrillers, peer pressure, peoples & cultures, school, substance abuse, supernatural thrillers

Popular Teen Authors  Sarah Dessen  Ellen Hopkins  Michael Scott  Cassandra Clare  Scott Westerfeld

Barnes & Nobles Current Bestsellers List Updated:  1. Inheritance (Inheritance Cycle Series #4) by Christopher Paolini  2. Silence (Hush, Hush Saga #3) by Becca Fitzpatrick  3. Destined (House of Night Series #9) by P. C. Cast  4. The Hunger Games Trilogy Boxed Set by Suzanne Collins  5. Clockwork Prince (Infernal Devices Series #2) by Cassandra Clare  6. Lost in Time (Blue Bloods Series #6) by Melissa de la Cruz  7. Modelland by Tyra Banks  8. The Death Cure (Maze Runner Series #3) by James Dashner  9. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs  10. Perfect by Ellen Hopkins

Objectives and Results  Objectives  Course objective 1  Course objective 2  Course objective 3  Results  Expected results  Skills developed  Skill 1  Skill 2

Vocabulary  Term One  Definition A  Definition B  Term Two  Definition  Term Three  Definition

Procedures/Lecture Slide  Add procedure here  Step one  Step two

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Conclusion  Add your conclusions here.

Questions/Discussions  Question One  Discussion  Question Two  Discussion  Questions Three  Discussion