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Recently I posted a question about Touching Spirit Bear, a book I am reading with my All Guys Book Club. So many people wrote asking me about how I structure my book clubs, I'll post my answer as a HIT. You may want to check out this article that was published in the Cincinnati Enquirer about my book clubs. http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/03/29/loc_l oc3book.html I have two book clubs at each grade level (6 - 8), one for boys and one for girls. Sometimes I mix two groups as I did with Touching Spirit Bear (7th & 8th grade All Guys Book Clubs) and Among the Hidden (8th Grade All Gals and 8th Grade All Guys Book Clubs). We usually meet 3 - 4 times about each book, after school, for lunch, breakfast, or dinner. It never takes class time. I provide lots of food, and the l.a. teachers give extra credit if the kids participate and I say they read the book. Parents, grandparents, siblings, teachers, and neighborhood friends of the same gender are invited. I am funded by grants, anonymous donations, area businesses, and my own bank account. Refreshments drain the budget pretty fast. Next year I will work harder to get restaurants and groceries to donate food. I buy books with the grant funds, but I also get teacher's collections from the public library, or I'd go broke. I often have 25 - 30 kids in a group. In the meetings, we read portions out loud, often using Reader's Theater strategies, we discuss using guides I create, check out the author's and related websites, e-mail the author. Here are the books we read: 6th grade All Gals--Getting Near to Baby, Because of Winn-Dixie, Ruby Holler, Ella Enchanted 6th Grade All Guys Book Club--Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key, Joey Pigza Loses Control 7th Grade All Gals--Graduation of Jake Moon, Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey, Fat Chance 7th/8th Grade All Guys Book Club--Monster, Hatchet, Guts, Touching Spirit Bear 8th Grade All Guys Book Club--Among the Hidden, Tears of a Tiger 8th Grade All Gals Book Club--Define Normal, Speak, Tears of a Tiger, Forged by Fire Sandra Lingo, Librarian Delhi Middle School 5280 Foley Road Cincinnati, Ohio 45238 slingo47@fuse.net =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=- All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/el-announce/ LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-