Book Club and Literature Circle Bundle

You'll love teaching new genres with this book club, literature circle bundle. Everything you need to get your students reading, analyzing, and discussing. Each resource includes lesson plans, charts, and mini lessons to make this so easy for you!

This is what you'll get in this bundle:

Dystopia Book Clubs:

There are four one-week sections that provide independent, paired, and group work along with whole-class discussion. A concluding assignment includes a student definition essay answering the question "What is a Hero?"

Table of Contents:

• pre-reading activities

Part I

• summary of reading
• vocabulary/reflection bookmark (can be used as assessment)
• mini lesson: "Is it possible to have a perfect world?"
• Elements of dystopia
• Group activity: locating textual evidence

Part II

• summary of reading
• vocabulary/reflection bookmark
• mini lesson: "What is setting and why is it so important in dystopian fiction?"
• locating textual evidence
• Group activity: locating quotations

Part III

• summary of reading
• vocabulary/reflection bookmark
• mini lesson: "Elements of Plot"
• Identifying plot elements
• Group activity: conflict

Part IV

• summary of reading
• vocabulary/reflection bookmark
• mini lesson: Theme and Intersections
• reflection questions
• Group activity: Themes and evidence

End of book activities:

• Post reading reflection
• End of Book Discussion Questions
• Character analysis essay prewriting & drafting a definition essay

Extension Activities

• Group activity: Create a setting frame
• Group activity: Conflict Haikus
• Group activity: A Decalogue for a New Society
• Vocabulary activities

Also included:

• daily lesson plans
• CCSS for each lesson
• Essential Question List

Historical Fiction Book Clubs:

• 20 mini lessons that you'll use to teach historical fiction
• teacher lesson plans that include journal prompts, suggestions for assessment, and homework
• an editable planning calendar
• four vocabulary activities
• 12 extension ideas for student projects
• suggested answer key
• teaching tips and help for getting the most from this resource

The mini lessons include:

1. what is historical fiction?
2. pre-reading survey
3. setting up a reading schedule
4. author research
5. reading summary and questions for the first section
6. notes on historical fiction
7. evidence of genre
8. finding evidence in the text
9. reading summary and questions for the second section
10. historical fiction and the setting
11. identifying elements of the setting
12. historical research
13. reading summary and questions for the third section
14. identifying characters
15. character profile: the protagonist
16. character profile: the antagonist
17. reading summary and questions for the fourth section
18. themes in literature
19. finding proof for theme
20. post reading survey & book discussion questions

Autobiography, Biography, and Memoir Book Clubs:

• what is this genre?
• pre-reading survey
• setting up your reading schedule
• author research (mini research)

Part I

• summary of reading
• vocabulary collector
• information text on the genre with comprehension questions
• finding evidence of the genre
• Group activity: locating textual evidence

Part II

• summary of reading
• vocabulary
• why is the setting important?
• identifying elements of the setting
• Group activity: mini research on the text setting

Part III

• summary of reading
• vocabulary
• identifying characters
• creating a character profile
• Group activity: determining important events -- character timeline

Part IV

• summary of reading
• vocabulary
• themes in nonfiction
• finding proof for theme
• Group activity: post reading discussion

End of book activities:

• Post reading reflection
• End of Book Discussion Questions
• 12 group or independent creative reading projects

Also included:

• daily lesson plans
• standard for each lesson
• editable planning chart
• 4 vocabulary activities
• reflection questions for each lesson

Great resource for readers workshop, whole class, instruction, or sub plans!

This is going to save you so much time!

Just add books, and you are ready to go!

What teachers are saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "The mini-lessons were purposeful and provided examples for me and my students. Great resource that I will use again!"

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Easy to use for any novel. Organizes the book club groups and roles nicely."

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "This is so wonderful to use! Included everything I could possible need!"

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