Book Club for Middle School

Book Club for Middle School is your indispensible guide to implementing Book Club in the middle-level classroom (grades 6 through 8). Adolescent learners have unique interests, needs, and strengths. Book Club for Middle School shows you how Book Club can address and make the best of these traits. Topics include current theories about literacy, balanced literacy curriculum, components of the Book Club program, developmental needs of adolescents, strategies for both proficient and struggling readers, authentic assessment, standards-based assessment, classroom management, scheduling options, team teaching, and grouping.