From last week: If you haven’t yet come up with at least a topic for your formal paper, do so; we’ll describe the topics in class. Begin working on Book Club Discussion #1. Feb 07 & 14: Discussion 1 Feb 21 & 28: Discussion 2 Mar 07 & 14: Discussion 3 Mar 21: Book Club Paper Due Note: This are self-directed discussions. Pay attention to the process as you experience it, so you can consider how much direction or freedom to give your students if you use book clubs.

Book clubs will meet for three different sets of discussions. For each set of discussions, generate a reading list for the group – which could be a single book OR a different book for each member. For a least one discussion, your group will give a presentation to demonstrate what you might do with your novel(s) in class.

Book clubs will meet for three different sets of discussions. For each set of discussions, generate a reading list for the group – which could be a single book OR a different book for each member. Differences: Firegirl Wonder Rules Smiles Out of My Mind 1960’s: Countdown Civil Rights: A Wreath for Emmitt Till Witness The Watsons Go to Birmingham The Return of Gabriel Jerry Spinelli books: Maniac Magee Jason & Marceline Space Station Seventh Grade Who Put That Hair in My Toothbrush? Vampire series: Vampire Academy Vampire Diaries Chronicles of Vladimir Tod Graphic novels: American Born Chinese Maus I & II Persepolis V for Vendetta Beowulf For a least one discussion, your group will give a presentation to demonstrate what you might do with your novel(s) in class.

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Formal Paper plans: What’s your topic? If you’ve gotten far enough, what are you investigating about your topic? If you’ve gotten far enough to have some sort of thesis, what do you anticipate saying about your topic?

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These sections might be helpful to keep in mind as you discuss what to do with your book club selection(s). Learning Goals Student Background Knowledge and Experience Instructional Procedures (content & teaching methods) Resources and Materials Instructional Activities (sequence) Assessment/Evaluation Adaptations Reflection (after teaching lesson) The Citadel now uses a new lesson plan form for pre-service teachers; it includes the following sections: What do you want student to KNOW or be able to DO? What do your students already bring to the table? What do they need? How will they “get it” – whatever “it” is? (Through reading alone? Reading and discussion? Making some kind of artifact? Giving a presentation?) What must you provide? What will YOU do? What will THEY do? How can you tell the degree to which they “got it”? Are there alternate ways to do it? to show it? How might you tweak it for next time?

Book Discussion #1A (You’ll finish the discussion next week with #1B.) First, complete the “Book Club Plans” sheet by listing members’ names, the topics you plan to discuss for each discussion, and the titles of the books the group will read. Next, begin your discussion of this week’s topic. You’ll tell us something about your discussion at the conclusion of next week’s discussion time. For ONE of your discussions, you’ll make some sort of presentation, maybe with handouts or an artifact of some sort. For the other two discussions, you’ll simply tell us what you talked about, and maybe how you might use the book(s) in class. Each group should have a scribe. The scribe’s job is to record the process: what you did, and in what order. The point is to collect different models for how clubs might function. Scribes will “report out” each evening. Discussion time = 30 minutes (or more, if you’re on a roll)

Scribes: Tell us what happened in your group. You may, but are not required to, comment on how well what you did might translate into your classroom, with your students running the club. For next week: Do any homework needed to allow you to finish your first book club. Work on your formal paper (due Feb 28). Keep reading. Read books you might use connected to your class, but read some “recreational” titles, too.