![]() Till the Green Ember Rises, Or the End of the World. “My Place Beside You, My Blood For Yours. I loved seeing how obvious it was to the kids that those words were worth knowing, reciting, and loving. Without prompting from me, each of the skits incorporated The Green Ember pledge. And they all like watching each other’s skits at the end of the meeting. The little kids just love the playing that is involved. The big kids, who are too cool to act in the skits, seem to enjoy being narrators, directors, and coaches. ![]() We invited the book store staff up to watch these skits and that made it even more fun. The third activity we did was to create commercials or book trailers for the book. The kids loved the variety and liked customizing their own Star Seek. I had planned to do regular craft sticks and red ribbon, but ultimately liked the look of mixed colors better. I saw this Star Seek idea on my friend Rachel’s blog and borrowed it for our use. Despite not being good at or liking crafts, I knew that with a group of our size and age range, a craft was requisite. In fact, for this craft, my son had to do all of the prep because I cannot even glue popsicle sticks together properly. ![]() This allowed us to get beyond the surface discussion and talk about details that could let us go deeper. Each member would roll a few die and then talk about the book in a way that related to the images on their roll. Regardless, I had Story Cubes with me to make it more fun. Each group rotated through the discussion station ready to talk. The kids are excited, have strong attachments to the characters, and have things that they must discuss with their friends. Attention will be given to whatever topics interest students most about the novel. ![]() Students would read one novel over the course of five weeks, discussing the book in a relaxed and interactive setting. Several of the families helped with the snacks by bringing green ember jello and chocolate covered raisins.ĭiscussion for a book like this more or less takes care of itself. The Green Ember book club would offer a fun setting where students can enjoy the love of reading together. In the last half an hour, we came together to feast and present our skits. Given the size of our group, I divided the kids into three teams and rotated them through three activities. Because this series is unfinished and each book ends with a cliffhanger, the kids were very animated in their speculations and hopes for the ultimate story resolution. Every reader identified with one or two of the characters and felt strongly attached to them. Of all of the books that we have read together, this one, The Hobbit, and Jonathan Roger’s Wilderking books have inspired the most passion in our readers and vibrancy in our discussions. It was one of the most fun book clubs we have had to date. I think this series may be geared towards tweens/ teens.This week, I hosted a The Green Ember book club at Cathedral Book and Gift for 30 readers aged 7-15. They also have another book series called "Passages" by Paul McCusker, who is one of the writers for the radio broadcast. My daughter who is now 11 years old loves listening and has been listening to them since she was just 3 years old. these are great especially for children who enjoy listening to audible stories, while also teaching moral values. My children are going into grades 5th and 6th and still enjoy reading them for pleasure! They are stories based from the radio show "Adventures in Odyssey" for children of all ages, more info at. They are easy chapter books geared more for younger children. These are fantasy type books with a bit of history and adventure. Another great book series is "the imagination station" series. The books seem to be good literature and are "meaty" with more than 400 pages per book. we have not read any of these but we plan on reading though some of these this school year. It's called "Epic Order of the Seven" you can find info at. Thank you for sharing this list! My children and I loveThe Little Pilgrims Progress! I came across a Christian series at a local christian bookstore not too long ago.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |