This is a NO PREP BOOK CLUB unit for any choice novel that has many differentiated activities: assessments, choice boards, literary analysis, evidence-based writing, & more! Distance learning Google Slides, digital games, and Google Forms Quizzes included! It is great for secondary students.

 

What's included:

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Teacher Preparation

Getting Started Teaching Notes

Book Club Teacher Conference Schedule – editable

Book Club Parent Permission Form

Digital Games Teaching Notes (*new)

Discussion Day Log

Planning Calendar – student

Planning Calendar – teacher

Teacher Unit Planning Document

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Student Reference Sheets

Discussion Starters

Figurative Language Terms

Literary Elements

Rhetorical Devices Terms (this is geared to high school students who have studied rhetoric)

Theme Words List

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Student Activities

Chain of Events

Character Conflict Internal External

Characterization Frame 3 characters

Characterization Frame any character

Chatter Board (Twitter-style class response board – 1 Google Slide - *new)

Conflict Analysis Main Character & Opponent

Conflict Effect on 4 Characters

Conflict Types Four Square

Digital Game Board - Blank Template (for teacher or student creation – Google Slides - *new)

Digital Game Board - Fiction Section (premade for fiction text- Google Slides - *new)

Discussion Toss It! Game (tiny ball toss created and played by the book club group - *new)

Figurative Language Chart

Moral Dilemma

Plot Scene Sketch

Pre-Reading One-Pager Book or Movie Character

Question Central Discussion Question Prep

Quote Analysis

Reader Response Choice Board

Reader Response Lined Paper

Rhetorical Devices Chart (this is geared to high school students who have studied rhetoric)

Setting and Conflict

Show What You Know - Team! (Book Club group finds and inserts images with a brief explanation of each – Google Slides - *new)

Show What You Know! (Individual finds and inserts images with brief explanation of each – Google Slides - *new)

Team Building – Interview Me (*new)

Team Building – Partner It (*new)

Theme Triangle – Evaluating Theme

Word Study Personal Vocabulary List

Yay or Nay Plot Events

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Assessments

2 Facts and a Fib

5 W’s Formative Assessment (5 questions - Google Form - *new)

Character & Setting Formative Assessment (5 questions - Google Form - *new)

Evidence-Based Essay Prompt

Evidence-Based Essay Rubric

Exposition Analysis (can also be used as a student activity)

Group Project Choice Board

Group Project Presentation Rubric (can be used for other presentations that you assign)

High School Conference Check (cut paper into ½; use this to check-in on students if conference time is limited)

Summary Formative Assessment (1 question – Google Form - *new)

Student conference quick-check form (3x per page)

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ZIP FILE CONTAINS

.PDF Documents and Editable Word Documents and Editable Google Slides

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