The Book Club Connection

by McMahon, Susan I.; Raphael, Taffy E.; Goatley, Virginia J.; Pardo, Laura S.

• ISBN13: 9780807736142
• ISBN10: 0807736147
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-05-01
• Publisher: Teachers College Pr

Summary

This is a comprehensive text about the beliefs, issues, and practices at the forefront of literacy education#x14;language, ethnic, and academic diversity; authentic assessment; social construction of meaning and knowledge#x14;explored through the lens of a cohesive instructional design, the Book Club Program. As such, it provides a well-researched pedagogical model. Commentaries by eminent literacy scholars outside the project provide an expanded perspective on the many issues raised by the chapter authors. The resulting multiplicity of voices including those of students (the authors of Chapter 10) who were fifth-grade participants in the Book Club program is a unique feature of this long-awaited volume.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
The Book Club Program: Theoretical and Research Foundations	p. 3
Classrooms as Communities: Features of Community Share	p. 26
Reading in the Book Club Program	p. 47
When Readers Write: The Book Club Writing Component	p. 69
Book Clubs: Contexts for Students to Lead Their Own Discussions	p. 89
Commentary: Learning to Be Literate: Reconciling Convention and Invention	p. 107
Talk About Text Among Special Education Students	p. 119
Commentary	p. 138
Exploring the Use of Book Club with Second-Language Learners in Mainstream Classrooms	p. 141
Commentary	p. 159
The Cross-Aged Literacy Program: Preparing Struggling Adolescents for Book Club Discussions	p. 162
Commentary	p. 182
Assessment Research in the Book Club Program	p. 184
Commentary	p. 205
Students Speak: Book Club from Our Perspective	p. 208
Commentary	p. 222
Reflective Teaching for Continuing Development of Book Club	p. 227
Commentary	p. 248
Book Club Through a Fishbowl: Extensions to Early Elementary Classrooms	p. 250
Commentary	p. 264
They Can Do It Too!: Book Club with First and Second Graders	p. 267
Commentary	p. 284
Book Club: The Content-Area Connection	p. 286
Commentary	p. 299
A Portfolio Approach to Book Club Assessment: Navigating Instruction and Monitoring Student Growth	p. 301
Commentary	p. 320
References	p. 323
About the Authors	p. 341
Index	p. 345
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