Book Clubs that Bind (Text That Is!) Breaking News… Book Clubs & Literature Circles can and should be authentic teaching and learning. If your students aren’t begging to meet with you or their book club, then you need to work on your glue! In This Edition: McKinney Teachers Transform Students into Lifelong Readers Why Teach from Passages? Leaders Try to Make Sense of the Confusion Shocking Turn of Events…Teachers Have the Tools for Book Clubs! Students Initiate Debate Over When to Meet Step-by-Step Instructions Available for the Low Price of $19.95 – and That’s Not All… The mckinney reader Transforming Guided Readers into Book Club Leaders ! - Since 1848

Invest Time to Set Up the Structure!! The mckinney reader Business - Since 1848

Journal (make and keep): Friendliness/Support Looks like (body language) Eye contact, listening Sit close together Nod in agreement, focused Take turns, build on one another’s ideas Take notes, journals open The mckinney reader Create a Level of Trust - Since 1848

Sounds Like (phrases to say) Good idea Thank you What did you think? Wow, I didn’t think of that! Let’s hear from everyone before we decide The mckinney reader Create a Level of Trust - Since 1848

Jobs Use briefly, as training The mckinney reader Creating Roles - Since 1848

Short Texts Novel Short-story Graph or chart Newspaper – current event, editorial, controversial topic Poem Selection from trade/nonfiction book The mckinney reader What Do I Use? - Since 1848

Response Logs Words Phrases Lists Sentences Paragraphs Open-ended thinking Diagrams Charts The mckinney reader What do I Use? - Since 1848

Mini-lessons Post-it Bookmarks *Personal responses *Important passages *Questions *Important statistics The mckinney reader How Does it Work? - Since 1848

Mini-lessons Drawing *Some have need for sensory images *Draw, chart, map (learning styles) *Response to short story or poem *Scene, moment, event, image coming to mind, diagram or flow chart *Feeling you got – explosion, thunderbolt *Gallery walk Write Around The mckinney reader How Does it Work? - Since 1848

Mini-lessons Text Coding (limit to 5 per page)  Confirms  Contradicts ? Raises Questions ?? Confusing * Seems Important ! New or Interesting Word The mckinney reader How Does it Work? - Since 1848

CHOICE!!! 1 st Time Class May Read Same Book Allow for Student Choice Most Times 1. Set Ground Rules a. Everyone in group write 3- 5 (ownership) 2. Reading Calendar? a. Student set date or same time each week The mckinney reader Whole Books!!! - Since 1848

1.Predict/First Impressions 2.Teaching to Ask Good Questions *Good/Bad Question Handout *Keep Revisiting, Coaching, Modeling DIG DEEPER: Starter & Follow Up Questions *How to Build Upon Questions *Starter Activity 1. Don’t Answer Too Quickly 2. Watch for Yes/No Questions 3. Switching After 3 The mckinney reader Deeper Comprehension - Since 1848

Table Cards (Activity) 1. Thoughtful Questions: *What does that illustration make you think about? *How do you feel about that passage? *What are some connections with this passage? *What was your favorite part in this reading? We believe in you, ______! The mckinney reader Deeper Comprehension - Since 1848

2. Friendliness and Support: You must be butter because you are on a roll! You are on fire, ______! That was A+ quality, ______! Come on _____, your group is behind you! We believe in you, ______! The mckinney reader Deeper Comprehension - Since 1848

Save the Last Word for Me The mckinney reader Deeper Comprehension - Since 1848

The mckinney reader - Since 1848 Engaged, but not Married Books on Tape Great for reluctant readers (sample for yourself first) Great for fluency Alternate chapters: listen/read/listen/read

The mckinney reader - Since 1848 Student Brings Entire Group Down Slackers! No notes, no reading, not on topic Group brainstorms ways to take ownership and work with members who come unprepared Groups establish consequences (student examples)

The mckinney reader - Since 1848 Shy Guy Finally Speaks Up! Drawing shy students in: Students rank talking time (awareness) Pass out five “chips” to each student.

The mckinney reader - Since 1848 Many fabulous ideas learned, tried, and implemented from: Daniels, Harvey, and Nancy Steineke. Mini-lessons for Literature Circles. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, Print.