The American Section is kicking off 2021 with a book club unit. Students chose one out of four book choices to read in groups. They created a reading schedule and meet once a week to discuss what they’ve read so far. Reading different books encourages students to explore unfamiliar genres and allows them to develop their autonomy.
Throughout the unit, students have been learning how to pinpoint themes in what they’re reading, how conflicts in novels affect the plot, and how to make connections between what they’re reading and themselves, other novels or stories they’ve read, and the world around them.
Have you read any of these novels? How does what you’re reading now connect to the world around you?