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June 1, 2010

A Fun Way to Read and Share

What is Book Talk Club?

• Book Talk Club can provide an opportunity beyond the regular classroom reading lessons for students to read and share books in a social setting.

How does Book Talk Club support curricular goals?

• Book Talk Club can enhance the opportunities for students to attain the goals set forth in the beliefs reflected in the NYS ELA Core Curriculum. – English language arts learners must be exposed to regular and varied

opportunities to read

– Students to read a minimum of 25 books or the equivalent, per year, across all content areas and all standards

– Students to listen and to speak on a daily basis.

– Students as active learners, responsible for and knowledgeable about their own learning.

Background and Supporting ResearchBook Club Plus: A Conceptual Framework to Organize Literacy Instruction Taffy E. Raphael, Oakland UniversitySusan Florio-Ruane, Michigan State UniversityMariAnne George, Rochester Community Schoolshttp://www.ciera.org/library/reports/inquiry-3/3-015/3-015.htm - 82864

Book Talk Club: Cape Elizabeth High School Library 345 Ocean House Rd.; Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107;(207) 799-3309http://www.cape.k12.me.us/cehslibrary/Library%20Web/Booktalk/booktalk_club.htm

Literature CirclesCompiled By: Pat Elliott, Resource Teacher & Dale Mays, Grade 4 TeacherSimcoe County District School Board Ontario Canadahttp://www.edselect.com/Docs/Litcir.pdf

Background and Supporting ResearchLiterature Circles Revisited: Learning from ExperienceBy Christine Boardman Moen Book Links May 2005 pp 52-53http://www.chrismoen.com/webdata/LiteratureCircles.pdf

Literature Circles Structure: Grades 2-3By Mary Lou Laprade John Hay Elementary Seattle, Washingtonhttp://fac-staff.seattleu.edu/kschlnoe/web/LitCircles/Structure/struct23.html

Literary Lessons: Literature Circle ModelsBy Laura Candler Milken Educator 2000 Fayetteville, NChttp://home.att.net/~teaching/litcircles.htm#Flexible%20Literature%20Circles

Literature Circles Build Excitement For Books!Mary Daniels Brown Education World Copyright 2004 Education Worldhttp://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr259.shtm

How to Implement Book Talk Club?

Students

Supervisors

Day(s)

Time

Rooms for each club

Books

Activities

Divide the number of students in the class by 6 – 7 to determine how many book club groups will be needed.

Select an adult staff supervisor for each book club group needed.

AIS Reading TeachersSpecial Ed. Teachers

Librarian

Literacy Coaches

Speech Teachers

Principal

Classroom Teachers

Select book titles to equal the number of book club group needed.

Design or find an activity for each book that features the book’s genre, topic or story line.

Activities should be appropriate for 20 minutes of play and 4-8 players.

Book titles should represent the readers’ independent level of reading.

Select book titles to equal the number of book club group needed.

Model Book Talk Club Meeting and review club roles and ruleswith the class.

Schedule a weekly meeting day and time of 45 minutes that fits all participants.

Keep a log of book titles assigned to each student.

Make a Student Roster Sheet of each Book Club Group to include book copy number, group supervisor, book title and student classroom (if more than one class is involved.

Prepare a Bookmark for each student that includes the teacher-facilitator, the book title, book copy number, classroom teacher and meeting date. The bookmark is a

reminder to As you read,make a sticky note

about 3 of these ideas.

Students sit in semi-circle of chairs with discussion chart and agenda at the head of the circle.

 

Teacher/facilitator may choose to stand outside of circle and guide the students through the agenda. (encourage students to direct their contribution to the group)

Seating Arrangement

Agenda

Discussion Chart Rules

Jobs

BOOK TALK CLUB Meeting Agenda

1. Read the club rules. (3 minutes) 2. Announce meeting jobs and responsibilities. (3 minutes) 3. Share story summary- Next/Before. (6 minutes) 4. Share ideas on sticky notes – on discussion chart. (8 minutes) 5. Book activity- the teacher will explain. (23 minutes) 6. Clean up (2 minutes)

Teacher may choose a Manager (eg. pick name tag from “hat”, select volunteer) Place Manager’s name card on job chart.Manager reads his role and then chooses names of others: each selects their job, affixes their name on the Jobs Chart and reads their role. With 7 club members, the seventh person may choose any of the 6 jobs to be shared. Timer or Recorder can easily be shared, or two Encouragers can work cooperatively. Provide Timekeeper with the timer and Encourager with a sheet of stickers. Taskmaster reads the Agenda Item #2

Roles and Responsibilities

1. Announce meeting jobs and responsibilities (3 minutes)

 

Share story summary- Before/After. (6 minutes)

Timekeeper sets timer. You may want to have students close the books for this activity to encourage recall of the story rather than describing an illustration they look at. Gate Keeper: Begins, “One thing that happened in the (beginning, middle, end) of the story is . . “ Then pass the After/Before card to the next student who says “And before/after that (shows the Before or After on card) . . . “ adding a main event recalled from the story. Then pass the After/Before card to the next student and continue until each has had a turn or Timekeeper calls time.

Summary Share – BEFORE/AFTER

Share ideas on sticky notes on discussion chart. (8 minutes)

Timekeeper sets timer. Students contribute ideas to Discussion Chart.Gatekeeper gives each student a turn to read one of his/her ideas prepared on sticky-notes. The student reads their idea; then Recorder places it on the chart. Each student gets 3 turns to read each of their ideas. Remind students, contributing 3 sticky-notes each meeting is their responsibility to the club. After all have shared their sticky notes; Encourager gives a sticker to each member who has contributed 3 ideas to the Discussion Chart. Encourager may also give an extra sticker to 1-2 students who did an extra good job during Discussion

Discussion Chart of Idea Sticky Notes

Book activity- the teacher will explain. (23 minutes)

Timekeeper sets timer. See activity in Book Talk Club basket. Manager helps hand out supplies.There are two sets of materials for the students to do the activity in groups of 3-4.

Book Activity