The Book Club Shelf: Thoughts

Cybils 2008

Books to help with Book Clubs

Jeni Pollack Day: Moving Forward With Literature Circles: How to Plan, Manage, and Evaluate Literature Circles to Deepen Understanding and Foster a Love of Reading (Theory and practice)
Taffy E. Raphael: Book Club: A Literature-Based Curriculum (2nd Edition)
Excellent read and resource for book club instruction and planning
Taffy E. Raphael: QAR Now: A Powerful and Practical Framework That Develops Comprehension and Higher-Level Thinking in All Students (Theory and Practice)
Helpful for giving students a framework for generating questions to lead their own discussions
Judy Gelman: The Kids' Book Club Book: Reading Ideas, Recipes, Activities, and Smart Tips for Organizing Terrific Kids' Book Clubs
Super resource for discussion questions, project ideas, author bigraphies, and even recipes!

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December 08, 2007

Lookybook

OK This is way too cool - would it ever catch on? Is it legal? (Click the book, then click through the pages!)

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October 12, 2007

The Book Club Shelf would like to welcome a new posting author, Miki. Literacy Coordinator to the Stars, a real Bud (not buddy) and Goddess of Children's Literature, she will be a wonderful asset and motivator for the bookclubshelf project with her True Confessions of kid-lit. Welcome Miki!

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