Pre-Book Clubbing: March 1, 2019

Focus: What foundation do we need to establish to set up our book clubs for success?

1. Warming up with a short quiz on Academic Vocabulary: Set 5

2. Setting yourselves up for book club success:

• The shared Google folder; make sure it's shared with everyone in your group and me and has a clear, distinctive label.

• Your Manifesto (click here for a sample)

• The reading schedule (click here for bookmark)

• The syllabus schedule (click here for a sample syllabus)

• Other (reading tickets? Research? Quizzes? Snacks?)

3. Performing a slow read of your novel's first three pages: How do the first pages set up everything you need to know about your novel in terms of setting, characters, point of view, and conflicts?

HW:
For Monday:

• Follow the reading/syllabus schedule assigned by your book club; first meeting is Monday!

• Complete and submit your project proposal or your essay thesis (and any outlining you've done). You can also conference with me instead of e-mailing or handing papers in.