Book Club

I really like how we have incorporated book club into our class this semester. This is a tool that I will use in my classroom and I really like that we are able to do it as a model in the classroom. I have kept up with all of the readings and I feel that Roll of Thunder is a great book to do book club with. There is a lot to talk about, and it can be thought of on many different levels.

One of the flaws that I have seen early on when it comes to doing the book club is that not everybody in the class is reading the actual book. I know that we don't spend that much time on it in class which is probably why this happens, but I know if i was to implement this in my class I would maybe read the material together the first time, and then the next time have the students read the book on their own. We are also at a level in college that we do not need to have tasks explained to us, we can just sit in the book club groups and talk amongst our peers and have a valid conversation. These conversation tools may not be present in younger students so it will be important to go over all of this with them before turning them lose on their own.

I really like the book so far. The book can be looked at from many different angles. There is obviously the race issue, but students can also compare their everyday life, to the life of Cassie and her family, as well as many other topics that can be explored with a book of this magnitude.

I really like the book club idea, and I look forward to using it in my own class!