Transcript extending book clubs - Gwin Oaks Media Center

EXTENDING
BOOK CLUBS
Why Book Clubs?
 To learn to read well, all students need to
read thought-provoking, age-appropriate
books. They also need to respond
thoughtfully to books by discussing and
writing what they read.
 Reading directly affects student achievement.
 We are Media Specialists, reading is what we
do!
Raphael, Taffy E., Susan Florio-Ruane, and MariAnne George. "Book Club Plus: A Conceptual Framework to Organize Literacy Instruction." Language Arts 79.2
(November 2001): 159-168.
How do I fit it in?
 Make it part of your RBES.
 Pick books from the past Reader Rally list
since you already have multiple copies. Make
a plan for the activities you want to do with
the books.
 When planning the activities think of
alternative ways to enrich the book clubs.
How do I fit it in?
 Block off time in your schedule to meet with
your book club.
 Pick a teacher who is flexible and easy to
work with.
Students watch book trailers or listen
to book talks to select their books.
Discussion Questions
 Students are given 2 weeks to read the book
they choose.
 Students discuss both the notes they wrote as
well as questions I prepare.
 Students discuss the book twice. Once when
they are half way through the book and
again when they have finished the book.
Discussion Video
Literary Focus Activities
 During some of the books we also focus on an
additional literary concept in addition to the
discussion questions or journal responses.
Character Traits
Setting
Journal Responses
 This is in addition to the classroom
discussions and is written in their reading
journal.
 One journal response is completed for each
book. They have a choice of two journal
responses. They write their responses as
homework.
Journal Responses
 Their journal responses counts as a grade for
them for their classroom teacher.
 Journal responses allow the students to think
deeper about the book they read.
Edmodo Blog
 They type their responses in Word and then
copy and paste them into www.edmodo.com
 The blog also houses surveys/polls about their
books.
 It has links to author videos.
 It also has links to their
completed projects.
Students blogging in the
Media Center
What they students
think of Edmodo (blog)
Enrichment Assignments
 Author Study using Glogster
 Book Reviews using Animoto
Still to Come
 Readers Theater (rewrite a scene to act out)
 Battle of the Books competition
Author Study with Glogster EDU
http://samolo.edu.glogster.com/dashboard/
 Cumulate reading Haddix books by doing an
author study.
 Provide students with a rubric, planning
sheet, and checklist for what is required.
 Set up accounts on Glogster. I chose the
single license for $11.99 a month since I only
needed 3 months access.
Glogster Presentations
Student responses to Glogster
http://gwinoakspageturners.weebly.com/glogster.html
Animoto
 Highlight key moments in books with
pictures, video, music, and text.
 Goal is to make a book trailer to entice others
to read the book.
 You can register for a free educator account
and then register for multiple Gmail accounts
to divide up access.
Animoto
Animoto Example
Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Animoto Example
Esperanza Rising
Students’ thoughts
on book clubs