Title: Our Classroom Book Club: What's in your Top Ten?

Sequence One: Hook for the Students

Need some very upbeat music here. Check out the intro to this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB5lELPwyYw
I love how the music goes from intense to "Austin Powers" to "elevator."

Fireman: iremen like me, like to read!

!oIicemen: I am a Policemen, and I like to read!

Moviestar: I am a Moviestar, and I like to read!

octor/Nurse: I am a doctor and I like to read!

oach: Coaches like me.. like to read!

High SchooI Student heerIeader: irls like us, we like to read!

7 High SchooI Student FootbaII QB in Gear: uys like us, we like to read

High SchooI Student Soccer !Iayer: uys like me, like to read!

High SchooI Student Smart Student in Library: irls like me, like to read

High SchooI Student Student with Guitar: Need Description)

Teacher One: i, I am Mrs. _______________________, and teachers like me like to

read; not only for school, but also in my spare time. As a matter of fact, I've read all these
books since the start of the school year. (Holding a stack of books to the camera)

ow? I'm a part of a classroom book club where I pick my top ten favorite books of the year
to read and discuss with all of my friends (Teacher walks and then screen backs up to show
other people from intro holding similar stacks of books) $o, join us today to find your Top
Ten because.

AII in Unison: People like us, WE LIKE TO READ! ade out

When I wrote this part, I was visualizing everyone from the above sequences standing with
the teacher... so the kids would see the same faces and same uniforms etc.... if we split this
part, it won't work like that, so we will need to re-think .)

Sequence Two: ExpIanation of Book Iub

Wide shot of students reading and/or discussing a book with narration over scenes??? I
think we should use elementary level kids in $equence Two to support seeing kids their
own age participating in a book club. Maybe discuss a book with kids in low level in the
background while narrating on top of scene?

- Narration : Are you wondering what exactly a book club is and why would you want to
join one? Let's take a look at our classroom book club and see why you and your friends
will want to be a part of a it, and become a reader for life.

- Narration : A book club is a reading group with students just like you who read and
then meet to talk about a book they are reading by themselves or maybe a book that is
being shared with the entire class. $ome book clubs meet on a regular basis at a set place
while others may meet in different places every time. No matter which book they are
reading or where they meet, all members of the book club have fun with their friends while
talking about what they have read.

- Narration : Ever had a question about something you have read, but didn't have
anyone to help explain it to you? You will never have that problem if you are apart of a book
club! Books are better enjoyed and understood when we're able to share in the experience
with our friends through discussion. That's just part of why book clubs are so great! With a
book club, you can chat about the book, author, time period, and other related topics. It's a
great way to stay connected with your friends, and it can keep you on-track with your
reading goals.

- Narration V: The coolest thing about our classroom book club is that you get to select
what kind of books you want to read. $o, whether you want to read about dinousaurs,
animals, girls, boys, or sports, there are tons of books out there that you will love! This year
our book club will ask for you to make your Top Ten book list. This is where you pick out 10
books you will read over the year. We will meet to discuss those books at our book club,
where you can earn a pizza party for completing your list.

Let's take a look at some of the books that have made some of our previous book club
member's Top Ten lists...

G MUSC WTH DRAMATC TOP TEN SLDE

Sequence Three: Top Ten Lists and !articipant Interviews Katie FiIm

Show different kids of all ages share books that have "made their top ten lists... fun music
and transitions between "interviews Maybe oldest to youngest?

Maybe interview kids about why they like their book clubs?

7 EIementary girI (cIose head shot with her hoIding book) My name is Claire, and I
am in the third grade. One of the books in my Top Ten list is "Junie B. Jones loves
andsome Warren", I liked this book because it was so funny. Junie B. and her friends are
fighting over a cute boy names Warren. They all do a lot of funny things trying to get
Warren to like them. It has a good ending too. You should read it, you will laugh at lot!

EIementary Boy: cIose up shot with boy in a Iibrary reading a book. Hi! 'm
_________________ and am in the third grade book club. My favorite book on my Top
Ten list is__________. really liked this book because...

MiddIe SchooI GirI: medium shot with a girI waIking into the Iibrary and moving
to her cIub stiIIing at a tabIe My favorite book on my top ten list is The Clique by Lisi
Harrison. Hi, my name is Ty'Tianna, and am in a book club at my middle school. We
meet after school once a month to talk about the books we read that month. The first time
we meet a bunch of us girls read "The Clique and we were hooked on the Clique series.
The book is about middle school girls like us, who are either in or out of the clique. Massie
is the leader of the Clique and is super rich. find it very interesting how she lives in her life
being rich and spoiled. wish had her life sometimes!

MiddIe SchooI Boy: medium shot of middIe schooI boys sitting around the Iibrary
with books. My name is Juan and am in a book club at my school just for guys. We like
to read books about sports, monsters, and sometimes aliens. One of the books in my Top
Ten list is Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief Graphic Novel. The action and
adventure in the Percy Jackson books are so cool. This book is a graphic novel, which is
sort of like a comic book. t really brings the action to life. Us guys, really like comic books,
so the graphic novel is super cool.

High SchooI GirI: cIose up shot of girI with her book cIub in the background
meeting. Hi everyone! My name is . and am in a book club at my high school. Twilight
is my favorite book on my Top Ten list this year. love the story about ella and Edward
falling in love. am not much for vampires, but my friends talked me in to reading it after
they were discussing it in book club one month, so tried it out and loved it. ook club is a
great place to hang out with your friends and find new books you can escape in.

High SchooI Boy: cIose up shot of boy with the book whiIe sitting on gym
bIeachers I have no idea what a high school boy would read...so we will have to fill this in
later. I think the story board doesn't need the exact words, just the concept. katie)

Iose up of a teacher hoIding a book: One of my Top Ten books is "The elp" by
Kathryn $tockett. This is a story of about life in the 1960's in America. Life was different
back then, and this book shows an interesting point of view. It made me laugh and cry. I
know that might weird to you that we liked a book that made us cry, but my book club
buddies and I really loved reading it.

Sequence Four: Teacher !articipation

Long shot of teachers sitting around a cozy pIace with books, coffee cups, and
snacks discussing a book.
Teacher: This is my book club. $ome of my teacher friends and I read the same book
during a month, and then we get together to talk about it. We even have snacks! It is so
much fun to talk about the characters we have read about and things we liked or maybe
didn't like about the book.

Iose shot of the first teacher standing up taIking to the camera with her book
cIub in the background.
Teacher: ave you ever wanted to just escape from your everyday life? We do too! The
books we read in book club are always 'just for fun' books. As teachers, we are busy
grading papers and reading books about school, but sometimes we want to read just for
fun. We can escape to fun places, go on adventures to far off places, and even go back in
time. Books take us away from our regular life for just a little while as we use our
imagination to put ourselves in the book. In our book club, we get to live those adventures
again as we talk about the books.

Section Five: Video Wrap Up

Show short cIips of each book cIub in action with fun music in the background
during the narration.

Narration: Don't wait! Join a book club today, and making reading for fun even more
&N! Because...

7 Shot of kids book cIub in the Iibrary standing up saying to the camera: Kids like
us like to read!