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Leopard Lit Club Read 10 award-winning books BookChat about each book with your LA teacher or Media Specialist OR BookChat with your friends! Everyone reads the same book and BookChats in the Media Center 10 BookChats by January = Field Trip this spring!
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Leopard Lit Club • Read 10 award-winning books • BookChat about each book with your LA teacher • or Media Specialist • OR BookChat with your friends! Everyone reads the same book and BookChats in the Media Center • 10 BookChats by January = Field Trip this spring! • Spend all day on a University campus, meeting authors and learning about writing at the Lit Festival
Reading criteria • 10 books and BookChats total – • 4 must be CURRENT Mark Twain, Truman, or Gateway nominees • * 6thgraders read only from Mark Twain or Truman • * 8thgraders read only from Truman or Gateway • 1 book may be a Caldecott – only one Caldecott • 1 book may be an award-winning graphic novel – only one • 4 (or more) books that have ever won any nationally-recognized Award – Newbery, Pura Belpre, VOYA, etc. • * check title in Destiny to see if it has any awards
Book-chats • After you read an eligible book, schedule a BookChat • Can BookChat with your LA teacher, Mrs. Alten, or other Reading Specialist • LA teachers will keep track of your completed BookChats on a bookmark stored by your teacher • BookChatscan be one-on-one, OR if a group of students all read the same book, you can BookChat amongst yourselves with Mrs. Alten or your teacher sitting in to give you credit for completing the group BookChat • BookChatscan happen before school, during LA class, lunch, or on a MC pass; and after school by PRIOR arrangement • ** All 10 books need to be read and BookChattedby January 15th! **