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=Book Club 3 - Pulling Back the Curtain=

Period 4 Period 7 Period 8


 * Book Club Round 3 - “Pulling Back the Curtain”**

The third marking period focuses on the gritty, sometimes unpleasant truths of the real world. With this in mind, our book club focus for this marking period will be on non-fiction books that attempt to “pull back the curtain” of our own ignorance, revealing the truth in the world around us. Your group is encouraged to pick any non-fiction book that attempts to heighten our understanding of the world we live in. Once selected, your group should write a collaborative book pitch and share it with me on GoogleDocs no later than next Friday (2/4).


 * In lieu of the traditional wiki roles for this book club, your group will spend the book club periods discussing and documenting information from the book. Any key facts, quotes, or concepts should be noted on your wiki page. Your note-taking can take any form your group decides. Additionally, your group should determine how much reading and what responsibilities you want to take on. Your wiki will not be graded, but rather will serve as a method of collecting and organizing data for the next step. Yes, you are still allowed to bring in food:)**


 * After the five book club meetings have wrapped up, your group will “teach” your book to the class. Essentially, your goal is to distill the information from the text into an informative and engaging teaching lesson. Your lesson can take any form your group decides, including but not limited to lecture, question and answer, interaction (games, activities), audio/visual presentation, etc. Your presentation will be AT LEAST 20 minutes and no longer than 30 minutes in length and should cover the concepts in the book comprehensively. In addition to the lesson, you will provide your audience with a “fact sheet” of important concepts, statistics, and/or quotations from your book. Your presentation will be assessed via the district’s presentation rubric and count for 100 points (your book club grade). The presentation schedule will be determined at a later date.**