Every student will be required to read at least one book of at least 100 pages each month that we are not reading a novel in class. The first book club will begin on Wednesday, 11/19 and will end on the last day of school before winter break (Friday, 12/19). Every day in class we will have 10 minutes of silent reading, so students can complete their book. (We may not have book club on Tuesday because of the shortened schedule.)
I have books in my classroom library that students are welcome to read. Students can also get books from the school library or the public library.
After reading the book, each student will fill out a chart of the elements of the story: plot, setting, conflict, protagonist, antagonist, climax, resolution, and theme. The chart will be a graded assignment (20 points).
Details
The book must have at least 100 pages of text (or more!) No comics, Manga, etc. Books can have pictures/drawings, but there must be 100 pages of text.
Once you have finished your book and the elements chart, you can read anything you like during book club. Books, magazines, comics, cheat codes for your Xbox, anything. But you have to finish your book and the chart first.
If you have already started a book, you may use that book for Book Club as long as you have at least 100 pages left to read as of Wednesday.
Note to parents: The Platt branch of the public library has a bookstore that sells books donated by patrons of the library. These books sell for extremely low prices—most paperbacks are a quarter and current hardcovers are one or two dollars. The selection varies wildly but this is a great resource for books. (Many branches of the LA public library have similar bookstores.)
