HIT: sec booktalks

[Theresa Collins <tcollins@goshenschools.org>]

I recently posed a question about =93interactive activities=94 for use =
during booktalks, and many of you requested a HIT.  In fact, I received =
far more responses about compiling a HIT than I did activities for the =
booktalks.  At any rate, thanks to all who responded.  This is also my =
first HIT, so go easy on me if I didn=92t do it quite right.  I=92ve =
also decided that it=92s simply takes the creative juices to come up =
with ideas for this, and I will put more effort forth.  Also, I think =
the ideas can be taken out of all realms of life =96 parenting magazine =
ideas, bits of games, whatever=85  You=92ll find the responses below.

Thanks,
Theresa Collins
Media Specialist
Goshen High School
Goshen, Indiana 46526
tcollins@goshenschools.org
Whenever I do any books on the holocaust, I have the students close =
their eyes while I say the names of the concentration camps.  I start =
with the less familiar and end with Dachau and Auschwitz.  I then have =
the students open their eyes, and tell me what feelings those words =
evoked.  I then tell them what happened in those places, and lead into =
the book, where I read a really exciting section where the heroine is =
nearly captured.  Of course, I end at the most exciting part. It gets =
them every time, yet still shows respect to those who didn't survive the =
holocaust.

Another thing you do is ask them to answer various questions by raising =
their hands.  Like, "How many of you like to go to the mall?"  "How =
would you like to live in a shopping mall?"  This is a great segue into =
Richard Peck's "Secrets of the Shopping Mall".  You can also do this =
with many other stories.

It's not a booktalk, but whenever I read my 8th graders Shirley =
Jackson's "The Lottery", I'd have them each take a small folded-up piece =
of paper from a basket I was holding as they entered the door.  One of =
course, had a small dot.  After they all entered, I had them open the =
papers.  The student holding the paper with the dot is then told he/she =
has won the lottery!  We then talk about lotteries, and what we would do =
if we won the lottery.  I then tell them, well, the lottery in this town =
is a LITTLE different, and start reading the story.  They love it!=20

If there is a recipe in a book (for instance the pound cake in A =
Gathering
of Days by Joan Blos), make the recipe and give samples.

I have my students write the book talks and give then to the class.  I =
tell them a book talk is like an advertisement for the book.  I =
demonstrate a several book talks.  Hand out the books, have the students =
write the book talk, and then give the book talk to the class.  They =
hold the book while giving the book talk so that the rest of the class =
can see it.  The book talk itself consists of the title and author of =
the book, two or three descriptive sentences about the book, and an =
attention getting phrase or question.=20

Hand out the books, have the students write the book talk, and then give =
the book talk to the class.  They hold the book while giving the book =
talk so that the rest of the class can see it.  The book talk itself =
consists of the title and author of the book, two or three decriptive =
sentences about the book, and an attention getting phrase or question.=20

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