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Book Club Meeting on Schoolhouse World:
July 1, 2024
If you need something new to read, here are some suggestions!
Choose any combination of reading materials that you please.
Click below to access free links to PDFs and the accompanying activities you can do as you read.
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Sources (Your Choice!)
American Psychological Association
*** These resources can help you with building a broad base of knowledge that is recommended for literature courses (such as AP English Language and Composition) or the reading and writing section of the SAT. Even if you are not taking such courses or exams, it is always worthwhile to expand your knowledge about the world around you! :)
Activities
For the SAT/literature courses: Nonfiction can be challenging to read! Write down any words that are unfamiliar to you and summarize the key concepts presented as you read. This can help you practice good active reading strategies!
Presentation/Reflection: What are the most interesting takeaways from your reading? What did you learn?
Poetry
Poetry
Reading Materials (Your Choice!)
Langston Hughes
Emily Dickinson
Robert Frost
Activities (Your Choice!)
Write your own poem in any format. Pick any topic you please!
(Book Club) Find a poem that you enjoy and share it with the group!
Novels
Novels
Reading (Your Choice!)
- Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Click here to download a free pdf
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Click here to download a free pdf
- Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Click here to download a free pdf
- Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Click here to download a free pdf
*** Many of these books are found on lists of recommended reading for AP English Literature and Composition and general high school literature classes. It will help you make note of key themes, characters, symbols, and other important literary elements.
Activities
Verbal: Prepare a summary of the book that you can share with members. What did you love most about this book? Would you recommend it to others? What was your favorite scene? Would you edit the novel in any way if given the opportunity?
Visual: Draw your favorite scene, character, or symbol.
Written: Rewrite a section of the novel or write something new inspired by your reading!
I hope to see you at our meeting, but feel free to discuss your reading in the group chat if you cannot attend!
If you have any recommendations, I would love to add them here!
For inspiration, here are my reading plans for June:
My goal is to finish Moby Dick by Herman Melville and read as many nonfiction articles and pieces of poetry as I can!
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