Last year we offered students the opportunity to participate in "Challenge Book Clubs". Each month two books were offered as "challenge" titles for students to read independently. We met one Friday each month to eat pizza and talk about the books that were read. Participation varied from month to month although we did have four students participate every month! Some titles included: The Book Thief, Call of the Wild, To Kill a Mockingbird, and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
This year, the Challenge Book Clubs are back! The first two titles for November are The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak and The Berlin Boxing Club by Robert Sharenow. While choosing titles, we try to appeal to all types of readers, and we feel that these two titles do that. Everyone in eighth grade is invited to participate!
We've also added a second opportunity for challenge - Word Warriors! After working on sentence structure, several students seemed intrigued and interested in how clauses, phrases, and grammar works (in more detail than we'll go into in class). We also know that our students are just a few years away from SAT and ACT tests, and vocabulary is often a struggle on those tests. Word Warriors will meet twice a month to work on challenging topics regarding words: analogies, using context, word families, sentence structure, parts of speech, etc. We are so excited to try this challenge club, and of course, everyone is invited to join us!
This year, the Challenge Book Clubs are back! The first two titles for November are The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak and The Berlin Boxing Club by Robert Sharenow. While choosing titles, we try to appeal to all types of readers, and we feel that these two titles do that. Everyone in eighth grade is invited to participate!
We've also added a second opportunity for challenge - Word Warriors! After working on sentence structure, several students seemed intrigued and interested in how clauses, phrases, and grammar works (in more detail than we'll go into in class). We also know that our students are just a few years away from SAT and ACT tests, and vocabulary is often a struggle on those tests. Word Warriors will meet twice a month to work on challenging topics regarding words: analogies, using context, word families, sentence structure, parts of speech, etc. We are so excited to try this challenge club, and of course, everyone is invited to join us!