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Book Clubs! Literature Circles for Middle School

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Book Clubs. Just the name generates excitement, doesn't it? This unit contains everything you need to facilitate book clubs or literature circles in your upper elementary or middle school classroom.

In our classrooms, we foster book clubs once a nine weeks. We allow students to sit in bag chairs (which fit nicely in a big trash can in our classrooms) and eat snacks as they discuss the novel that they are all reading. They LOVE it, and they definitely grow as readers!

This teaching unit is divided into three sections, and each section includes a wealth of resources for holding book clubs. There are 394 pages in this product!

Section one contains book club meeting forms. Two book club preparation sheets are included which your students will use to prepare for the meeting. A book club discussion guide is also included. Groups will use this sheet to guide them through meetings. It gives them step by step instructions on how to hold their book club discussions.

In section two, we have prepared specific handouts for 24 high interest novels. You can definitely add to these by choosing books of your own as well! A list of the 24 novels is at the bottom of this description on our book club list. For each of the 24, this resource includes:

1. Reading assignment schedules specific to the novel

2. Comprehension checks specific to the novel

3. Group activity specific to the novel

4. Final test specific to the novel

First, there are reading assignment schedules. Each book is divided into three sections so that three meetings can be held. These schedules provide the amounts that need to be read per section and leave space for students to fill in the dates for the meetings. Next, there are resources for each meeting. For meetings one and two, a five question comprehension check and a group activity are included. The comprehension check can be used to assess students’ completion and comprehension of the assigned section. You can administer these prior to the book club meetings and determine whether or not to allow students to participate in the meetings. After using the book club discussion guide (which is included in section 1), students will together complete a quick activity based on that section of the novel. Book specific activities are included for all 24 novels! Finally, once the book is finished, there is a final test for each novel. You may choose to allow students to work together in groups to complete the test or allow them to take the test independently for a grade. Answer keys are included!

Section 3 includes project ideas that students can complete together at the last meeting once students have finished reading the novel. There are several projects for you to choose from. The first one included is a big project, and the others included are smaller. It’s up to you to decide which one to assign. You could assign each group the same project or differentiate among the groups.

A TON of work went into this teaching unit, and we are sure that it will save you a TON of time! All of the work has been done for you. This unit contains a wealth of resources, and can be used in different ways. The handouts, quizzes, and tests included could be used for whole-class or independent novel studies as well!

This unit contains book specific quizzes, activities, and tests for the following 24 novels.

For struggling Readers ~ List A

Shorter books

Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

Freckle Juice by Judy Blume *

Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan

Tales of a fourth grade nothing by Judy Blume

On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer

Longer Books

Double Dutch by Sharon Draper

Holes by Louis Sachar

Small Steps by Louis Sachar

* Guided Reading Activity included

For middle level (on grade level) Readers ~ List B

The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson

Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

Love, Stargirl (sequel to Stargirl) by Jerry Spinelli

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

Rules by Cynthia Lord

For upper level readers ~ List C

Hoot by Carl Hiaasen

Flush by Carl Hiaasen

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis

The Giver by Lois Lowry

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne

If you can't do group work and want Google resources to help you have book club/literature circle meetings social distancing style, click here to check out our book club resource for social distancing, which you can use with students who are in the same room or in different places.

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