And none of them will Skype live right into your living room to participate in
your book group discussion!
The story kept my interest and it would probably make a good
book group discussion.
Sweetland is perhaps a perfect novel for
book group discussions, as it offers numerous opportunities for interpretation and even speculation about everything from the reasons underlying Sweetland's stubbornness to the nature of his ultimate fate.
Highly recommended - for both personal reading and for
book group discussions (Kathrin C).
Not exact matches
As the kids head back to school and Labor Day approaches, readers are returning to their
book clubs and
discussion groups.
One couple joined a Great
Books discussion group to find stimulation in the realm of big ideas.
Here's the printable PDF
discussion guide to aid
book clubs and
group studies that are reading Evolving in Monkey Town.
A free
discussion guide is available in the
book study kit if you're interested in using it for a class or small
group.
We hope this is useful to
book clubs and
discussion groups.
Excellent paperbacks and new
books in religion, 33 scholarships at summer seminars, and
discussion groups in churches and on campuses make this essential task easier.
Did your
book club or
discussion group work through A Year of Biblical Womanhood?
According to Brett McCracken, Evolving in Monkey Town is «a provocative
book — great for
group discussion, and a must - read for anyone who has found doubts to be a stumbling block in their journey of faith.»
For most of the
book, he puts these questions and challenges in the mouths of a diverse «
discussion group» which meets to discuss his counseling sessions.
On FB there is a very active Lutheran / Calvin
discussion group, and I personally help translate Luther quotes from more obscure
books for a Calvinist, when he needs that in his research.
But that's not all... As part of preparing this
book for publishing as a paperback, it has been edited, revised, and expanded, and now includes a study guide with each chapter, which makes it perfect for small
group discussions.
Most of the essays in this volume are papers or summaries of
group discussions, but a few additional papers from other sources fill out the
book.
As part of this conversation, I'd like to invite you to participate in a special
discussion group here on the blog around Matthew Vines»
book, God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same - Sex Relationships.
This class includes presentation, plenty of
group discussion, and time for questions Information sheet, including tips, online, and local resources Examples of feeding supplies and
books will be available This class is suitable for all families, including vegan, vegetarian, and omnivores, breastfeeding, and / or formula feeding, and those who have already started solids but are interested in learning more.
This class includes presentation,
group discussion, and time for questions Information sheet, including tips, online, and local resources Examples of helpful supplies and
books
It is a closed
group that started out about the
book but is now mostly a
discussion group for mothers with questions, stories and things to share about nursing older children and breastfeeding in general.
Robertson, Brian DAYCARE DECEPTION: What the Childcare Establishment Isn't Telling Us Encounter
Books, 2003 A shocking
discussion based upon data from over 30 years of research on the effects of children who are involved in institutional or
group daycare settings.
But disturbingly, a good two thirds of the
book's contents are relevant today, including Gardner's
discussions of homeopathy, naturopathy, osteopathy, iridiagnosis (reading the iris of the eye to deter - mine bodily malfunctions), food faddists, cancer cures and other forms of medical quackery, Edgar Cayce, the Great Pyramid's alleged mystical powers, handwriting analysis, ESP and PK (psychokinesis), reincarnation, dowsing rods, eccentric sexual theories, and theories of
group racial differences.
Teachers working with small
groups of children would no doubt find this
book useful in providing starting points for
discussions about the important ethical issues surrounding evolution and genetic engineering.
I am morphing this burlap
book leaf idea into a bookmark for my
book discussion group.
This video was taken a few weeks ago when Janice and I went to a
book discussion with the Meet Up
group, Sisters and White Misters.
Events posted monthly, including parties, support
group,
book discussions, reunions, mixers.
From an onstage conversation with Elvis Costello to a community
discussion of the misrepresentation of slavery in McGraw - Hill textbooks to a Gabriel Garciá Márquez
book group so smart and impassioned that I wanted to sign up for it immediately, «Ex Libris» demonstrates Wiseman's usual genius at constructing a mosaic of the quotidian.
For example, a
group of students excelling in literacy might be formed into a
book study
group for independent reading and
discussion.
Support your children's deeper understanding of the picture
book's purpose through small
group discussions, advancing your level of questioning each day.
A «parent - child
book discussion group,» which would strengthen family connections through a shared reading experience, was a bestseller!
Charge staff study teams to start
book discussion groups, visit schools and attend workshops.
Daniels points out that community
book -
discussion groups, which have become popular across the United States, follow the same format.
According to Harvey Daniels, author of the
book Literature Circles: Voice and Choice in the Student - Centered Classroom (Stenhouse Publishers, 1994), literature circles are small, temporary
discussion groups of students who have chosen to read the same work of literature.
It was through a
discussion with a colleague that I decided to scrap the graphic organizer and let student
groups guide their own research, both in
books and on the internet.
There are
books for all ages, plus
discussion and activity ideas for your Chatterbooks
group, inspired by these winter reads from our children's publisher partners.
When 4th grade teacher Heather Whitby sat down for a
book discussion last week with a
group of students at her Bethesda, Md., elementary school, other students read on their own, including two who a year ago might not have been able to do so.
Inviting parents — and sometimes students — to participate in a
book discussion group with teachers has led to better relationships between teachers and parents and a deeper understanding of current education and child - rearing issues.
Teachers, Parents, Kids Bond Over
Books Inviting parents to participate in a
book discussion group with teachers has led to better relationships between teachers and parents and a deeper understanding of current education and child - rearing issues.
Bringing parents and teachers — and sometimes students — together in a
book discussion group has enhanced communication, understanding, and cooperation among parents and staff members at one Illinois elementary school.
Included: Information on how to start a
book discussion group.
Designed to support both school improvement efforts and professional development, each chapter includes
discussion questions that make this resource perfect for staff meetings or
book study
groups.
The C - 4 Yourself approach spins off from a class or small -
group discussion of a
book.
All three authors collected data, which included observational field notes of
discussions during face - to - face and online classes (19 total); written reflections for each teacher related to assigned articles and
book chapters (approximately 19 per teacher); email correspondence with teachers; course assignments; end - of - the - semester feedback; and transcriptions of semiformal small
group interviews (teachers were divided into five
groups for these interviews).
There are also opportunities for participating in student activity
groups,
book discussions, the school newsletter, and support
groups.
To promote balanced
discussions, a teacher provides five Talking Chips to each student before they break into
groups to discuss a
book they are reading in class.
If you have 6 or 7 copies of each
book, split the
group in half for the Literature Circle
discussion since the
groups seem to work best with 3 or 4 students.
The six promising practices in student achievement in literacy identified in the Afterschool Training Toolkit are as follows:
Book Discussion Groups and Literature Circles; Read Aloud; Story and Literature Dramatizations; Writing; Family Literacy Events; One - on - One and Small -
Group Tutoring.
A team draws up a list of activities designed to increase student talk like giving kids more opportunities to turn and talk, small
group discussions,
book clubs in literacy classes and a few more.
The six promising practices in student achievement in literacy identified in the Afterschool Training Toolkit are as follows:
Book Discussion Groups and Literature Circles; Read Aloud; Story and Literature Dramatizations; Writing; Family Literacy...
Following their
discussion, Ms. Jackson has every child in the small
group read the
book aloud while she listens and coaches in word recognition strategies.