donna geesaman has asked a few of the former Youth ASTs to help her gather resources for a few new Book Club Kits. I volunteered for Matilda, by Roald Dahl, and I would love for you to pitch in. Why?
Because I think this is a great chance for those of us who are unfamiliar with the kits (I'm one of them!) to...
- learn what resources come with a kit when you order one
- practice doing research to support a book club without having to prep an entire program yourself
- have some fun brainstorming activities and crafts you might like to see in the book club kits
- author information [Allison is working on this!]
- reviews of the book
- list of read-alike books [Jill Corrente is working on this!]
- list of other books by the same author
- discussion questions [Karen H is working on this!]
- background information on the setting or characters
- any historical information that will help the presenter place the book in time
- activities (classroom, games, crafts, snacks) [Elisabeth and Lori Noreen are working on this--but several other people can, too!]
I would also welcome discussion about book clubs in general, so if you have any questions or comments, please let us know!
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I volunteer, Melissa. Do we get assigned a particular book or get to choose from a list or are we all working on Matilda (I'm fuzzy, sorry!)? The Book Club page on the treehouse is always popular--if anyone wants to suggest additional resources or info that we might provide there (or on the main site), comment here or email me or Alyson. Thanks!
Sorry! I knew with such a long post I would space a detail, and I did!
For this project we are ALL working on Matilda. Choose ONE of the resources listed and see what you can pull together.
I will collect everything and figure out a way to show our work in progress...probably to a Google website, since I just learned how to use them! :)
Also, our deadline for the material is December 31.
Thank you!
I'd like to work on read-alikes if possible.
Since Jill took Read-alikes, can I do the author information? Thanks!:) This will be fun!
By the way I had the best time last month when to my surprise I had 15 kids come to my Clementine bookclub. It was a huge sucess and what made it so was all of these resources, crafts and everything!
I'd like to help with the "activities" part of the book club.
I would be interested in working on the discussion questions. As I am working on the questions if I come up with any interesting background or history I'll be happy to contribute in that area too.
Hi Melissa - I'd like to help with the activities. I don't know if "matilda" will find me helpful or not...:)Lori N
(One reason allison's book club was so well attended is because Wincy and I promoted it at our Homestead Elem Back to School visit!!! The librarian loves to encourage the kids to attend ALD programs! ) the kits are great
Melissa,
I would like to work on the activities for Matilda.
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