Bookworms: A Book Club for Middle Schoolers

We'll be reading and discussing novels together!

The class is comprised of teacher presentation and learner participation. Learners are assigned a novel and each class meeting begins with a plot summary of the novel. Following this plot summary review, I pose guiding questions to initiate a discussion of the novel and to analyze the author's use of literary elements including: characterization, setting, internal and external conflict, motivation, suspense, imagery, narration, and theme. Learners are encouraged to participate in the discussion and to offer their interpretations of the literature. Assigned books are listed below:

*TUESDAY SECTION*
1/7 & 1/14 - The Crossroads (Diaz)
1/21 & 1/28 - Jennifer Chan is Not Alone (Keller)
2/4 & 2/11 - Ophie’s Ghosts (Ireland)
2/18 & 2/25 - No Fixed Address (Nielsen)
3/4 & 3/11 - Music for Tigers (Kadarusman)
3/18 & 3/25 - A Home for Goddesses and Dogs (Connor)
4/1 & 4/8 - Amina’s Voice (Khan)
4/22 & 4/29 - Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus (Bowling)
5/6 & 5/13 - Posted (Anderson)
5/20 & 5/27 - Outside Nowhere (Borba)
6/3 & 6/10 - The Whole Story of Half a Girl (Hirandaani)

*WEDNESDAY SECTION*
1/8, 1/15, 1/22, & 1/29 - Click Here to Start (Markell)
2/5, 2/12, 2/19, & 2/26 - Ban this Book (Gratz)
3/5, 3/12, 3/19, & 3/26 - Restart (Korman)
4/2, 4/9, 4/23, & 4/30 - Other Words for Home (Warga)
5/7, 5/14, 5/21, & 5/28 - The Stars Beneath Our Feet (Moore)

*THURSDAY SECTION*
1/23 - The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl (McAnulty)
1/30 - Coop Knows the Scoop (Souders)
2/6 - The Girl Who Drank the Moon (Barnhill)
2/13 - Hello Universe (Kelly)
2/20 - It Wasn’t Me (Levy)
2/27 - The Science of Breakable Things (Keller)


*Please feel free to contact me if the cost of this class (or any of my classes) is a prohibitive factor to enrolling.