Information for Creating Book Clubs in the English Language Classroom

Event Information
Title	Creating Book Clubs in the English Language Classroom
Presenter(s)
Contact hours	4.5
Sponsor agency	Northeast Resource Center
Dates and times
Format	Alternative delivery/Self-directed
Description This alternative delivery professional development activity can be completed easily at home and in your classroom on your own schedule. It involves the following steps: 1. Read Creating Book Clubs in the English Language Classroom. "Although it is a natural way for students to improve their language skils, a classroom book club can also be challenging for teachers to facilitate". For this reason, Barbara Vaille and Jennifer QuinnWilliams have made their classroom-tested model and account of their experiences available for ESOL and GED teachers. 2. Write a proposal of how you would implement the authors' model in your classroom. Your proposal should indicate how you would adapt the techniques to your student population. 3. Request a class set of books from the Northeast ABLE Resource Center to begin your book club. 4. Facilitate the book club with your students. 5. Keep an on-going journal of the class's reactions to the book club experiences. 6. Write a summary of the activity from your class journal and submit it to the Northeast ABLE Resource Center along with your evaluation form. Contact hours for this activity are 4.5 hrs.

Sponsor agency contact Information
Contact name/agency		Contact email
Contact phone numbers	(216)261-7076 (800)361-7