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July 7, 2010My friends and I are very interested in the new twilight books…
wondering how to start a organized discussion?
A lot of book editions contain a discussion group reading in the back as an Appendix. If your edition does not have one, you could think up questions from the novel that you could discuss and dissect.
As for actually starting a club, you would have to speak with whomever is in charge of the extra curriculars at your school. If you need a teacher’s supervision for the use of a classroom, either after school, before or at lunch, might I suggest an English or Drama teacher? Any teacher could enjoy a book club, but the standard idea is that you could "assign" a book to read for the month and then have a good discussion about the books after reading them.
If you wanted to just have a discussion about Twilight, you could get supervision from a teacher and post a sign that advertises a "Book Talk" where you would invite others who have read and loved (or hated) the book to come and speak about the finer points of it.
If you don’t want to go that far, you could have an impromptu night at your home with your friends where you can all discuss the book. Everyone has a different favourite scene, character or quote… You could get everybody to do something for it- bring a themed dish, draw a little handout, make a collage, write how you would have the scene, dress as a character, etc.. With a little hard work and perseverance, you could have a great discussion going, you just have to think up some great, open-ended questions to debate!
Good luck, and happy reading!
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A lot of book editions contain a discussion group reading in the back as an Appendix. If your edition does not have one, you could think up questions from the novel that you could discuss and dissect.
As for actually starting a club, you would have to speak with whomever is in charge of the extra curriculars at your school. If you need a teacher’s supervision for the use of a classroom, either after school, before or at lunch, might I suggest an English or Drama teacher? Any teacher could enjoy a book club, but the standard idea is that you could "assign" a book to read for the month and then have a good discussion about the books after reading them.
If you wanted to just have a discussion about Twilight, you could get supervision from a teacher and post a sign that advertises a "Book Talk" where you would invite others who have read and loved (or hated) the book to come and speak about the finer points of it.
If you don’t want to go that far, you could have an impromptu night at your home with your friends where you can all discuss the book. Everyone has a different favourite scene, character or quote… You could get everybody to do something for it- bring a themed dish, draw a little handout, make a collage, write how you would have the scene, dress as a character, etc.. With a little hard work and perseverance, you could have a great discussion going, you just have to think up some great, open-ended questions to debate!
Good luck, and happy reading!
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