1. Tutor Book Club

2. What does the front cover reveal about your book?
Tutor Book Club
What does the front cover reveal about your book?
Challenge
Can you mention colour connotations in your discussion?

3. Which word has the biggest impact on you and why?
Tutor Book Club
Read the opening sentence to your partner. What is your initial impression of the book?
Challenge
Which word has the biggest impact on you and why?

4. Who is your favourite character in the book so far and why?
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Who is your favourite character in the book so far and why?
Challenge
Does your character have any flaws? How does this change your opinion of them?

5. What category or genre does your book fit into? Why?
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What category or genre does your book fit into? Why?
Challenge
Can you compare this book to another book of a similar category/genre?

6. Discuss something you like about the book so far.
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Discuss something you like about the book so far.
Challenge
Can you ‘sell’ the book to your partner, making them want to read it next?

7. Discuss something you dislike about the book so far.
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Discuss something you dislike about the book so far.
Challenge
What would you change about the book to make you like it?

8. How has reading the book changed you?
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How has reading the book changed you?
Challenge
How might the book have a different impact on different readers?

9. What would you say to the author if they were here?
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What would you say to the author if they were here?
Challenge
Could you suggest possible changes to the book to the author?

10. Can you summarise what you read so far in less than 30 seconds?
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Can you summarise what you read so far in less than 30 seconds?
Challenge
What skills are you using here?

11. How do you expect the book to end?
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How do you expect the book to end?
Challenge
Do you think there will be any twists in the story?

12. What would you like to see in a sequel to your book?
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What would you like to see in a sequel to your book?
Challenge
What would you like to see in a prequel to your book?

13. What clues did/do you get from the title of the book?
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What clues did/do you get from the title of the book?
Challenge
Can you discuss word connotations in your conversation?

14. What other books does this one remind you of?
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What other books does this one remind you of?
Challenge
Can you recommend another book to someone in your tutor?

15. If you were making a film of the book, who would you cast and why?
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If you were making a film of the book, who would you cast and why?
Challenge
Can you generate some ideas about where you would set your film?

16. What songs does this book remind you of? Why?
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What songs does this book remind you of? Why?
Challenge
Create a tutor playlist of songs linked to the books you’re currently reading.

17. What have you learned from this book?
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What have you learned from this book?
Challenge
Does this book have any moral messages?

18. What questions do you have about the book so far?
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What questions do you have about the book so far?
Challenge
Do you think you will find out answers to your questions?

19. How could you change the book to make it a different genre?
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How could you change the book to make it a different genre?
Challenge
Be specific about the changes you would make based on what you know about genre conventions.

20. Why do you think the author wrote this book?
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Why do you think the author wrote this book?
Challenge
What do you think the author’s purpose was in writing this book?

21. If you could change one thing about the book, what would it be?
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If you could change one thing about the book, what would it be?
Challenge
How would that change alter the plot of the book?