I'm a bit behind on what's been going on with the listserv, but in response to btoh the book club and middle school girls' reading posts, you might want to check out the book The Kids Book Club Book by Judy Gelman and Vicki Levy Krupp. You might recognize the title or the authors from their previous work, The Book Club Book, which focused on how to form quality adult book clubs and the food recipies to get people hooked and to keep coming back to book club. For the kids version, the authors traversed the country sitting in on and researching all different types of kids book clubs - school clubs, library groups, scout groups, mother-daughter groups, just about anything you can think of. In this book, they discuss the different types of kids book clubs, how to organize them, lead them, monitor them, keep them going, and most of all, how to make book discussions FUN. While it's geared primarily to extracurricular groups, the book can be helpful in the classroom. Included is a detailed list of the 50 most reccommended books from all the book clubs examined. They are broked up into specific sections - books for younger readers, older readers, etc. Each book has a summary, quick information on the author, recipies for food associated with the book - many from the authors themselves, activities associated with the books, at least 1 discussion question, and an anecdote from someone who has used the book in a book club. You can take a peek at www.kidsbookclubbook.com. Titles included in this book that have been reccommended by middle grades readers that would really pique a girl audience include Esperanza Rising (a GREAT book about illegal immigration, the American dream, and the Great Depression all rolled into one), Out of the Dust (previously mentioned in a post), Walk Two Moons, and Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter. Heather (Syracuse University Grad Student)> Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 18:36:32 -0500> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]; [email protected]> Subject: [MOSAIC] Book Clubs/Read Aloud-Middle School-for girls> > I’m a literacy graduate student, and I’m in the process of making an iMovie about book clubs. Since book clubs were recently brought up, I was wondering if anyone could share about their book clubs in more detail. I am also proposing in my iMovie that teachers create an online (and optional) book club. This is a place where students and teacher (and maybe even parents) can read a common text on their own and then share their thoughts in a common place (kind of like this listserv). I would attach a link to the author’s website and anything else that relates to the book. I love books and I want to read twice as many books with my students as I could in the regular school day. I thought this might be a way to accomplish this goal, among others. Any thoughts or advice on this would be much appreciated.> > Speaking of books, some of my favorites for 8th grade girls include The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, Chasing Redbird, and Esperanza Rising. If you think these are too long, you could also use The Witch of Blackbird Pond. I also just heard about a book that would be great to read with middle school girls. It’s called Uglies and it deals with all sorts of teenage issues like beauty and body image. The problem is that it’s very long. > > _______________________________________________> Mosaic mailing list> [email protected]> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org.> > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _________________________________________________________________ Connect and share in new ways with Windows Live. http://www.windowslive.com/share.html?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_sharelife_012008 _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org.
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