Mid:book clubs

[Jan Mccully <JMccu1953@AOL.COM>]

I know we have addressed suggestions of books for an after school book club
but I have to come up with some guidelines, rules, expectations for my new
club.  The students (not sure how many of grade, 6, 7, 8) will be with me
once a week for 1-1/2 hours.  My plan was to just have us all read and
discuss the same book.  Do you do one book each month?  In my district, I am
restricted to using books that have been approved as supplemental texts but
there are many of them, so do I let them vote on what to read?  What kinds of
things do we discuss?  This is the first time I have ever done this and
really have no ideas.  I need to create an advertisement for the sign up
which is next Tues so I want to have something to put on the ad that will
both inform and entice them.  Who buys the books?  We have no club money.
Thanks so much in advance.  I will post a hit in the next couple of weeks--I
just lost my assistant so I am drowning at the moment!

Jan McCully
MLK Middle
Germantown, Md

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