Hey!
Book Club Meeting this week!
When: Wednesday, April 17th
Time: Somewhere between 6:30-6:45
Where: Rooster and Moon, 10th and Bannock
Topic: Non-Fiction
Just to give everyone an understanding of what to expect, this is a meeting where we talk about what we have read in the context of teaching. This week I have chosen A Walk in the Woods. It's a story of a man who walks the Appalachian Trail (it's suppose to be quite humorous).
This topic was chosen because research has shown that our male students prefer non-fiction stories. It is our job as (future) teachers, to find novels that interest every student. I personally believe that non-fictions have a bad representation these days. Most of us think of a non-fiction novel as being something horribly depressing. However, that is certainly not the case. By educating ourselves in the popular non-fiction novels of the day, we can teach and/or recommend great novels that can interest all readers.
If you are struggling with choosing a novel for the meeting, go to the Good Reads site:
http://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/nonfiction-short-stories
They have a huge selection of non-fiction stories to chose from.
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