Book Club Reading Groups

Gallipoli Percy Jackson Wednesday Wars Hitler’s Daughter

Decide as a group what page you will be up to (could be the page the furthest person is up to).
 Visualizer
• Select a scene from the part of the story you have just read
and draw a picture to show your visualization of the story.
• It could be a picture, a labelled diagram, map, captioned
cartoon, etc.
• Use clear language to write a caption under your picture that
describes your illustration.
• Be prepared to talk about your illustration and why you chose
this part of the story.
 Summariser
• Write a
‘current events’
summary to
show what has
happened in
the story so far.
 Summariser
• Summarise what happened in the part of the story you have
just read.
• What were the events that took place and why did they
happen?
• Who was involved in the events?
• How does this relate to the rest of the story? E.g. connects to
a previous chapter, relates to your prediction, etc.
 Connector
• There are three kinds of connections we may make when reading;
- Text to self: when we have had similar experiences or feelings to a
character or characters in the book
- Text to text: when we see similarities between what we reading and other
books we have read. This could be things like setting, character/s or
storyline or genre of the book.
- Text to world: when we see similarities between what we are reading and
things that happen in the real world.
• Make notes of any connections you may make from the passage you have
just read. Indicate what kind of connection it is by writing TS, TT, or TW. Ask
other members of the group to share any connections they may have made.
 Questioner
• There are four types of questions that can be asked while reading:
• In the book:
- Right there questions: The exact words for the question and answer can be easily
found in the text.
- Think and search questions: The answer is in the text, but may require gathering
of information from different places in the text.
• In my head:
- Author and me: The answer is not in the text. The reader needs to use their own
prior knowledge and infer from the text to answer the question. (What would you
do if..? Why do you think…?)
- On my own: The answer is not in the text. The reader uses their own opinions and
experiences to answer the question, e.g. The question may be about a topic related
to the story, but not about the story itself. Can be answered without reading the
text.
• Create three questions to ask your group (different types of questions). Have your
own answer ready to share after your group members.