Book Club Presentations
For this project, we will work in groups; these
groups will choose one book from below PART #1 and design a mini-conference
presentation for PART #2-3. This project is meant to investigate how the best
practice ideas we read about can be implemented in our teaching. We will share
our ideas in a presentation/mini-conference format during our final exam
period.
Step One: Pick one of the books below:
1. Tovani Chris. I Read It but I Don’t Get It; Comprehension Strategies
for Adolescent Readers. Portland, Maine: Stenhouse Publishers, 2000.
2. Daniels, Harvey. Literature Circles: Voice and Choice in Book Clubs and Reading Groups. Portland:
Stenhouse, 2002.
3. Wilhelm, Jeffrey and Michael W. Smith.Reading Don’t Fix No Chevys: Literacy in the Lives of Young Men.Portsmouth: Heinemann,
2002.
4. Wilhelm, Jeffrey and Michael W. Smith.Fresh Takes on Teaching Literary Elements:
How to Teach What Really Matters About Character, Setting, Point of View, and
Theme. Urbana: NCTE, 2010.
Step Two: Pick one of the books below:
1. Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. New York: Astor-Honor, inc., 1959
2. Anderson, Laurie H. Speak. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1999.
3. Farmer, Nancy. The House of the Scorpion. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2002.
4. Hinton, S. E. The Outsiders. New York: Viking Press, 1967.
5. Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. [1st ed.]. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1960.
6. Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of Wrath. New York: Viking, 1939.
In your groups, create a blog in which you share
weekly summaries of the reading and discuss how your theory book from step one
applies to the instruction of your literary book. Engage in conversation about
the overall message of the reading and applications and implications for
teaching literature. Books need to be finished by week 8, so devise a schedule and plan accordingly.
Step Three: Presentation
As a group, you will present a 30 minute presentation that includes:
· A summary of main ideas
· Applications to the literature instruction
· Teaching website that can serve as a resource
· Digital strategies for students to unpack and respond to their readings
You will present your findings to the class
during our final exam period/literary
potluck.
groups will choose one book from below PART #1 and design a mini-conference
presentation for PART #2-3. This project is meant to investigate how the best
practice ideas we read about can be implemented in our teaching. We will share
our ideas in a presentation/mini-conference format during our final exam
period.
Step One: Pick one of the books below:
1. Tovani Chris. I Read It but I Don’t Get It; Comprehension Strategies
for Adolescent Readers. Portland, Maine: Stenhouse Publishers, 2000.
2. Daniels, Harvey. Literature Circles: Voice and Choice in Book Clubs and Reading Groups. Portland:
Stenhouse, 2002.
3. Wilhelm, Jeffrey and Michael W. Smith.Reading Don’t Fix No Chevys: Literacy in the Lives of Young Men.Portsmouth: Heinemann,
2002.
4. Wilhelm, Jeffrey and Michael W. Smith.Fresh Takes on Teaching Literary Elements:
How to Teach What Really Matters About Character, Setting, Point of View, and
Theme. Urbana: NCTE, 2010.
Step Two: Pick one of the books below:
1. Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. New York: Astor-Honor, inc., 1959
2. Anderson, Laurie H. Speak. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1999.
3. Farmer, Nancy. The House of the Scorpion. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2002.
4. Hinton, S. E. The Outsiders. New York: Viking Press, 1967.
5. Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. [1st ed.]. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1960.
6. Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of Wrath. New York: Viking, 1939.
In your groups, create a blog in which you share
weekly summaries of the reading and discuss how your theory book from step one
applies to the instruction of your literary book. Engage in conversation about
the overall message of the reading and applications and implications for
teaching literature. Books need to be finished by week 8, so devise a schedule and plan accordingly.
Step Three: Presentation
As a group, you will present a 30 minute presentation that includes:
· A summary of main ideas
· Applications to the literature instruction
· Teaching website that can serve as a resource
· Digital strategies for students to unpack and respond to their readings
You will present your findings to the class
during our final exam period/literary
potluck.