Social Issue Book Clubs

Ali Ryan
Overview

● Students are formed in groups of 3-4

● Groups vote on their top 5 book picks
● Each day students read a nonfiction article and engage in a 10 minute
writing on a prompt
● Time for group discussion on the article and their reading from the
night before
● We also included videos and songs that were related to our topics
Topics and Books
Topics

1. LGBTQ
2. Fitting In
3. Immigrants and Language Learners
4. War and Freedom
5. Children with Disabilities
6. Family and Friendship
LGBTQ
Finding Yourself
Immigrants and Language
Learners
Fighting and Freedom
Children With Disabilities
Family and Friendship
Activities and Extensions
Non-Fiction Connection

1. NewsELA
2. Time for Kids
10 Minute Free Write

● Prompt provided
● Write the old time
● Word count
Multimedia Connection

Songs: Videos:

1. Born This Way - Lady Gaga 1. Yes I Can - Rio Paralympics

2. You Need to Calm Down - 2. Immersion - Second Language
Taylor Swift 3. Pub Fosterhjem - Poverty
Think Pages

● Each page is assigned a topic

● Completed alongside reading
● Grounds discussion
Presentations

1. Book summary
2. Identified and explained social issue
3. Connected to two nonfiction articles
Research?

● Up and coming!
● Research real world connection
● Current events
● Kid safe sites