Message to Parents:
This is an overview of the Book Club structure:
- Students sign up for the book club at milweebookclub.weebly.com.
- The book is signed out to the student when they select it on the website.
- All books are 2013-2014 Sunshine State Readers.
- The books are to be read at the student’s leisure.
- Questions will be generated by the student to use in the book club meetings.
- Parents may also sign up for a book to read with their child. The book will be sent home with the child.
- Parents need not to attend meetings.
- Book Club events will occur throughout the school year with the culminating activity, district wide completion called the “Battle of the Books”.
- When the student has finished the book and generated a question(s), the book will be returned during the book club meeting and another one will be signed out.
Tips for Parents:
Many of you have asked how you can reinforce your student's reading habits. Here are some tips:
Conversation Starters:
Story Structure Elements:
Story Setting:
Story Plot:
Story Characters:
Conversation Starters:
- Ask your child to predict what might happen next.
- Is there any evidence in the novel that supports your earlier prediction?
- What is the author trying to say in this part of the novel?
- Discuss one big idea that you can connect or relate to.
Story Structure Elements:
- Were you surprised by the ending? Why or why not?
- At what point did you like the main character most? Least?
- What caused the story to end the way it did: The character’s luck, hard work, skill, or a bright idea? Which is more important in real life?
Story Setting:
- How is the action of the story dependent on the setting?
- In what other location could the story have taken place without affecting the plot?
- How might the utilization of modern technology have affected the action or outcome of the story?
Story Plot:
- What part of the plot did you like the best? Share your reasons.
- Where in the story did you feel the most intense emotion? Why did that part bring about emotion?
- Which single event had the greatest impact on the outcome? Why?
Story Characters:
- How did the character change or grow from the beginning to the end?
- Who did the character go to for support and understanding? Who could the character go to?
- When did you face a problem in your life like one faced by the character?