I was hoping to get six or seven replies. Those three questions led to my simple request for a few book titles. Like any effective “tweacher,” I inserted a slew of hashtags after that question: #DisruptTexts, #NCTE, #NCTEVillage #CEL18 #SchoologyAMB - though if you check out the original tweet, it says, “#SchoologgAMB” because even English teachers make typos! To increase the number of titles we want to offer, I posted one simple question on Twitter: “What suggestions do you have for Lit Circle books that would pair “well” with Romeo+Juliet?” We have been collaborating to build a list of robust book titles from which students can choose during the corresponding unit. Luckily, my English 9 colleagues here in the building have been thinking about making the same instructional adjustments next year. This moment feels like the right one to re-integrate literature book clubs back into the classroom, alongside Reading Workshop, and other forms of student-centered instruction. During this time period, in order to live and breathe Reading Workshop in the classroom, I took a step back from book clubs.ĭue to a master schedule change at my high school, we are in the midst of creating our 2019/2020 instructional calendars now. My district has been implementing the Reading Workshop model at the high school level over the past few years, so there has been a sharp increase in the amount of minutes students have been reading independently.
It is those ubiquitous questions that have been guiding my planning of book clubs for next school year.
This blog was written by NCTE member Deanna Stephan.Įven though my quick trip to Houston for NCTE-CEL 2018 feels long ago, the lessons I walked away with have been playing on repeat in my mind since then:
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