Pride LGBTQ+ Joyful Book Club

Students will discuss elements of a book, the importance of representation, the pros and cons of tropes, and the harm of stereotypes. Learners will have ample opportunity to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate during each session. 

I will prepare the following activities and guidance but the content of the book club is flexible by design as members of the club should play an active role in what the club is and what we do with our time together. 

Week One:
Full introductions 
Discussion of what happens in the book club
Discussion of genre, themes, and plot
Introduction to the three books

Week Two
Intro to Book Club and each other
Open discussion of Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz FIRST 150 PAGES based on prompt presented by the teacher. 

Week Three
Brief greetings
Quote share from the final 158 pages of Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Complete GMC table as a group
Open discussion of tropes, stereotypes, and fresh angles presented in the final half of the book

Week Four
Brief greetings
Student-led Q and A about the first half of Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour
Open discussion based on two prompts provided by the teacher

Week Five
Brief greetings
Discussion of Text-to-text connections, text-to-life, text-to-me connections in the second half of Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour
Discussion of why connections matter and how the connection we feel to and see between a book and life are related to representation

Week Six
Brief greetings
Discussion of themes presented in the first half of Wonders of the Invisible World by Christopher Barzak
Venn Diagram activity: compare and contrast two characters from the books read in this club

Week Seven
Brief greetings
Discussion of genre-specific traits in the second half of Wonders of the Invisible World by Christopher Barzak
Discussion of character growth from beginning to end of Wonders of the Invisible World by Christopher Barzak

Week Eight
Brief greetings
Conflict --> Key Events --> Resolution in all three books 
Final thoughts