tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934041490878801751.post7899149315372680014..comments2024-03-17T12:30:03.009-05:00Comments on Teaching Authors--6 Children's Authors Who Also Teach Writing: Book Club BitsCarmela Martinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15543808551988338496noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934041490878801751.post-3178720170257623182011-06-05T17:23:59.722-05:002011-06-05T17:23:59.722-05:00Thanks for the recommendation, Sabrina! It was al...Thanks for the recommendation, Sabrina! It was already on my to-read list, but I've moved it up a few notches.<br /><br />Quinn, I love the idea of a book club for beginning readers, and especially one that includes boys. Thanks so much for sharing!Jeanne Marie Grunwell Fordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934041490878801751.post-69533487532773639772011-06-01T07:19:41.839-05:002011-06-01T07:19:41.839-05:00When my son was finishing first grade, I was looki...When my son was finishing first grade, I was looking for a way to keep him reading over the summer. Since our neighborhood had an influx of rising 2nd graders (boys and girls) I invited them to start a book club. It was a really neat experience. <br /><br />We decided to meet once a week, since folks would be on vacation at different times no one would feel like they missed too much with missing a monthly meeting. <br /><br />The first book I picked out and then when that finished we would mix up our selections with books they read and classic selections. The books could be read on the their own or as a read along. It was great. We posted questions online so parents could know what to ask. One book was a book filled with kids working on clues so we had coded messages delivered to each house. It would have been great to continue it into the school year but the conflicts abound with afterschool activities. It was really a great experiement. <br /><br />Most book club things are guided to the older kids but having something parent guided and on their level I think really made it fun. I wish there was a way we could have done more. Because I noticed too that most book club things ignored these beginning readers.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10082755208959947024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934041490878801751.post-87565014317226096342011-05-31T08:03:25.948-05:002011-05-31T08:03:25.948-05:00If you liked the 13 Reasons Why, then you might li...If you liked the 13 Reasons Why, then you might like If I Stay by Gayle Forman (I think Carmela recommended it to me!). There is a lot of discussion to be pulled from it. <br />I love the idea of mother-child bookclubs. I have been waiting and wagering when I might be able to start one with my kids.Sabrina Mock-Rossihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04815915063664473098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934041490878801751.post-51949248603464029262011-05-24T23:10:40.152-05:002011-05-24T23:10:40.152-05:00I second Esther. I just finished MR. TERUPT in th...I second Esther. I just finished MR. TERUPT in the last month, and its one of those books that make me wish I were back in the classroom. Every voice is so different and real that you never have to flip back to see who the character is.mary ann rodmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13639787144894232298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934041490878801751.post-63537013879564723372011-05-24T22:57:06.884-05:002011-05-24T22:57:06.884-05:00Jeanne Marie: take a look at Rob Buyea's BECAU...Jeanne Marie: take a look at Rob Buyea's BECAUSE OF MR. TERUPT (Delacorte, '10). I so wished I was teaching fifth grade again so I could share this book as a read-aloud. It is beyond powerful as a story...and offers wonderful examples of voice for any writer. I bring it along to all school visits.Esther Hershenhornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12016897434029543881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934041490878801751.post-9692897233102744492011-05-23T18:54:36.805-05:002011-05-23T18:54:36.805-05:00Thanks for the wise words of experience. There...Thanks for the wise words of experience. There's a reason I put this one in writing. :)Jeanne Marie Grunwell Fordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934041490878801751.post-4137899799853586102011-05-23T16:28:54.753-05:002011-05-23T16:28:54.753-05:00JM: Hold her to that promise at seventeen. In fac...JM: Hold her to that promise at seventeen. In fact, keep reminding her all along the way. When my daughter was ten, she promised that when she became a teenager she wouldn't act "stupid" like her brother. Well, she did. Luckily she and I both survived those teenage years.Gretchen Woelflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10350500006005970433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934041490878801751.post-83128690178337210662011-05-23T15:10:00.796-05:002011-05-23T15:10:00.796-05:00I hope your daughter stays true to her word, JM. :...I hope your daughter stays true to her word, JM. :-) (Seventeen-year-olds can be so fickle.)Carmela Martinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15543808551988338496noreply@blogger.com