Bringing Something to the Table: Book Club Assignment (100 Points) Over the next two weeks, you only have one written assignment but it is an important one: you will be responsible for “leading” your book group’s discussion of a particular section of the book. In order to do this, you need to “bring to the table” the following: 1. One personal response ice-breaker question related in some way to the reading. You will structure this question in the following way: start the question with an observation/specific detail from the book and then pose a personal question off of it; for example, in Catcher in the Rye, Holden discovers that someone has written the “F” word on a staircase of his sister’s school. You might ask the personal response question, do you remember the first time you discovered a “bad word”? What happened? How did you feel? 2. Three thin questions about the most important details from your section of the book to review the key facts. 3. Three thick questions based on specific quotations/details from your section of the book. At least one of these thick questions must be related to a literary element or technique. This discussion will be very important in setting up your group to be successful with the book. 4. A beautifully written S.Q.U.A.A.T. paragraph on a detail or literary used in the section you are presenting on. 5. Food (optional but highly recommended). There is a reason why almost all book clubs are connected to some kind of meal. One of the best ways to make everyone comfortable is to get them eating! Book Choices with section break-downs Night by Elie Wiesel Section 1 2 3 4 Suggested Page #’s 3 – 28 29 - 65 67 – 91 92 – 115 Due Date Fri., Feb. 28th Thurs., Mar. 6th Fri., Mar. 14th Thurs., Mar. 20th Person Responsible for presenting Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut (big type) Section 1 2 3 4 Suggested Page #’s Due Date Fri., Feb. 28th Thurs., Mar. 6th Fri., Mar. 14th Thurs., Mar. 20th Person Responsible for presenting Due Date Fri., Feb. 28th Thurs., Mar. 6th Fri., Mar. 14th Thurs., Mar. 20th Person Responsible for presenting Due Date Fri., Feb. 28th Thurs., Mar. 6th Fri., Mar. 14th Thurs., Mar. 20th Person Responsible for presenting Due Date Person Responsible for presenting City of Thieves by David Beniof Section 1 2 3 4 Suggested Page #’s 7 – 87 88 – 169 170 – 215 215- 253 Tracks by Louise Erdrich Section 1 2 3 4 Suggested Page #’s The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison Section 1 2 3 4 Suggested Page #’s 1 – 58 59 – 109 110 – 163 164 – 206 Fri., Feb. 28th Thurs., Mar. 6th Fri., Mar. 14th Thurs., Mar. 20th