Book Club Groups

This is something that is so unique and different BUT so beneficial to students! I love it! 

So Book Club Groups is similar to doing Lit Circles but, instead of the teacher running the groups and assigning discussions and assignments, the students are the leaders. For weeks my teacher and I worked with groups and modeled good discussions and when to stop and discuss or vocabulary to pay attention to. Then after modeling this behavior for so long we started transitioning students into holding discussions and the teachers sitting back and observing. We still participated and lead some discussion but, not the whole thing. We choose a leader and the leader lead discussions, keeps students on task, helps with finding readings and helps assign work. 

Here are examples of the names my students use for the Book Club Groups.... the names needed to relate to reading or the books were reading.