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Middle School Book Clubs: Getting Started

Middle School Book Clubs: Getting Started. Barbara Kinast - LMS @ I.S. 68, Brooklyn bkinast@is68.org (718) 241- 4800 ext. 2320. Why start a middle school book club?. Book clubs promote life-long reading. It allows you to stay current with teen trends and attitudes.

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Middle School Book Clubs: Getting Started

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  1. Middle School Book Clubs: Getting Started Barbara Kinast - LMS @ I.S. 68, Brooklyn bkinast@is68.org (718) 241- 4800 ext. 2320

  2. Why start a middle school book club? • Book clubs promote life-long reading. • It allows you to stay current with teen trends and attitudes. • YA literature can be great reading! • Book clubs provide word-of-mouth advertising for your LMC. • It is fun and rewarding.

  3. Step 1: Preparation and Planning • Questions to consider – • What time is available in the day to facilitate a book club? (before/after school, during extended day period, lunchtime) • How many students will be invited and what will be the make-up of the group? (multi-grade or single grade, combined or single gender, similar or varied reading levels) • How will book sets be acquired? (public library, school purchase, grant, PTA) • D. How will the book club activities be recorded or assessed? (projects, video, written responses, surveys, etc.)

  4. Step 2: Creating Interest • Make it teen-friendly • Provide or allow food during discussions. • Create a feeling of informality and comfort • Include digital media - blogs, social networking, websites, digital projects, etc. • Empower students with choices and decision-making opportunities. • Come prepared with high-interest books. • F. Ask leading questions that allow students to talk about themselves.

  5. Step 3: When Problems Arise • Staying on-track • A. Use the first meeting to develop a shared list of book club rules (constitution, contract, manifesto, etc.) Post it near the meeting space and refer to it when needed. • B. Model accountable talk and/or provide prompts to students (That reminds me of…, I disagree because…, I have a question about…) • C. If students get off track with reading, provide incentives for coming prepared. • D. Help students with organization. Possible strategies could include regular jobs for students, keeping post-it notes in the book for recording thoughts, making clear deadlines for reading assignments and staying in contact through e-mail or social networking.

  6. Step 4: Assessment • Pre and post-reading surveys. • Book reviews • Group projects • Rubrics for self-evaluation and group evaluation • Conferencing with students and anecdotal observations of meetings.

  7. Resources Getting Started - NYCDOE Office of Library Services Wiki http://tween2teen.wikispaces.com/Handouts My wiki on Middle School Book Clubs http://msbookclubs.wikispaces.com/ Social Networking - Goodreads http://www.goodreads.com/ Choosing books - The Young Adult Library Services Association http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/booklistsbook.cfm Making Book Trailers - Using Microsoft Photo Story 3 http://techmentors.nbed.nb.ca/pdf%20files/Making%20Book%20Trailers%20with%20Photo%20Story3.pdf Video Tutorial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0oH9qE9qEY

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