Pre-Book Clubbing: February 25, 2020

Focus: What foundation do we need to establish to set up our book clubs for success?

1. Warming up with our Valentine of the Day & a little circle storytelling: Academic Vocab, Set 6


2. Setting yourselves up for book club success:

• Your Book Club Rights & Responsibilities

• The shared Google folder; make sure it's shared with everyone in your group and me and has a clear, distinctive label.

• Your Manifesto (click here for a sample)

• The reading schedule (click here for bookmark)

• The syllabus schedule (click here for a sample syllabus)

• Other (reading tickets? Research? Quizzes? Snacks?)

3. Performing a slow read of your novel's first three pages: How do the first pages set up everything you need to know about your novel in terms of setting, characters, point of view, and conflicts?

HW and Weekly Plan:

1. From last week: Make sure you have checked your e-mail or Google doc for my feedback on your poetry project or paper

2. WEDNESDAY: 

• Quiz on Academic Vocabulary, Set 6

• Workshop on Beloved timed writings. If you were absent on Monday, be sure to complete the timed writing before class on Wednesday.

3. THURSDAY: Silent work day on poetry projects and papers; bring what you need.

4. FRIDAY: Book club reading day! This will be a laptop-free zone--book club reading only.

MONDAY, MARCH 2-TUESDAY, MARCH 3 (that's 1 week from today): Projects and papers are due.