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:

  • 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?