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Talking texts : a teachers guide to book clubs across the curriculum / Lesley Roessing.

Bloomsbury Collections: TxT Only 2026 Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Roessing, Lesley.
Contributor:
Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Student-centered learning.
Youth--Books and reading.
Youth.
Reading comprehension.
Book clubs (Discussion groups).
Literature--Study and teaching (Primary).
Literature.
Reading (Secondary).
Reading (Elementary).
Literature--Study and teaching (Secondary).
Genre:
Handbooks and manuals.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (136 pages)
Distribution:
New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2024.
Place of Publication:
Lanham : Campus eBookstore Inc - CEI, 2024.
Summary:
Talking Texts is a guide for teachers to the steps and strategies of implementing text clubs in many forms-- fiction and nonfiction book clubs, textbook clubs, article clubs, and even poetry clubs--in the classroom. All strategies presented are applicable to any discipline so that text clubs can be employed across the curriculum in any grade level.
Contents:
Foreword - Lester Laminack - Introduction
Defining School Book Clubs
Setting Up Book Clubs
Preparing for Book Clubs: Teaching Social Skills
Book Club Procedures & Lessons
Book Club Reflections
Book Club Text Synthesis & Presentations
Book Club Assessment
Planning Book Club Reading
Text Clubs across the Curriculum
A Sample Book Club Unit: The 9/11 Novel Unit
References
Appendix: Reproducible forms
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Print Version Record.
ISBN:
979-82-16-42397-3
1-4758-3459-4
OCLC:
1474104370

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