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Component: Life Long Literacy and Love of Reading - Book Club - Book clubs will be organized by students based on themes and/or genres that they are interested in reading about. For example, a science fiction book club, or a forbidden love story club.
- Students will lead these book clubs on their own time, either before or after school, or during free periods or lunch. Teachers and the school library media specialist will collaborate with the students prior to their first meeting to help them choose a theme, select books, organize a meeting place, and provide recommendations for future book possibilities.
- Students will be invited to share their books with their English class to encourage a love of reading among all students.
- Students will be able to work with teachers to possibly incorporate contemporary authors into the curriculum.
- Faculty members may either have their own book club, or will be invited to join in at some of the meetings of the student run book clubs, (as per student request), to foster relationships between students and faculty that focuses on a shared love a reading.
- At the end of the semester, each book club will have a big event, which acts as an extension activity based on the theme of the books. For example, a murder mystery dinner party for the mystery book club.
Ways in which iSearch Model Supports Life Long Literacy - Book Clubs - The book groups are driven by students' interests and are student-centered. Students select the themes that they want their groups to focus around, and all students are welcome and encouraged to join these extra-curricular groups.
- Like the student-run workshops, the book clubs emphasize students' learning processes and not the end product of their meetings.
- Fosters collaboration among students, as well as between students and teachers.
A life-long love of reading will be fostered and nourished through student-led book groups while emphasizing collaboration among students, teachers and media coordinators through the book selection process.