Book Talk

With this practical approach to book clubs, enrich the reading experiences of all your students by using their love of talking to help them develop effective comprehension strategies they can extend to all their reading. Book Talk supports students and teachers with this powerful combination:-annotated bibliographies for over 350 books that meet the needs and interests of students in grades 6-9-these books are organized in 12 themes and by 5 reading levels for each grade, plus mature high interest/low vocabulary selections-the Book Talk book club approach-including methods for planning and structuring book clubs for reading, response, discussion, and revision; step-by-step support; and examples-class strategy lessons, teacher modelling, and student metacognition collaborative group activities to explore themes-student and teacher assessments-blackline masters for student responses.