Book Club Choice

The book I chose to read for the book club is called Don't Forget to Write, for the Elementary Grades.  This book provides 50 creative writing lesson plans from the highly acclaimed 826 National writing labs. This nonprofit organization was founded by Dave Eggers. When I read that Dave Eggers was a part of this book I really became interested. I have read Zeitoun by Dave Eggers and I really enjoyed it so I thought this book could also really interest me like Zeitoun had. Another reason I wanted to read this book is that the lessons included are linked to the Common Core State Standards. All different people contributed to writing the lessons in the book. For example, the lessons were written by experts, favorite novelists, actors and even some celebrities. The way the lessons are written are also fun for the students which you don't always see. This book was created to reach all students, even the students that are the most reluctant to do creative writing. There are lessons about science, music and even sports. This book also includes rubrics to guide grading, and also outlines, handouts and examples for the lesson plans. Another thing that struck me as interesting is that one review of the book said there are tips in the book that keep prep and supplies a minimum in the classroom. I am excited to start reading this and to be able to talk to other people in our class about it because I think it will really help us when we are teachers in the future.