Mini-lessons are the secret to book clubs that click. Each of these 45 short, focused, and practical lessons includes Nancy and Harvey's actual classroom language and is formatted to help busy teachers with point-by-point answers to the questions they most frequently ask.
Each mini-lesson spells out everything from the time and materials needed to word-by-word instructions for students. The authors even warn "what could go wrong", helping teachers avoid predictable management problems, photographs of kids in action, and recommended reading lists, mini-lessons for literature circles helps you deepen student book discussions, create lifelong readers, and build a respectful classroom community.