Sailing the Four C’s Book Club (Conversation, Critical Thinking, Community and Culture)
- School:
- DeLand High School
- Subject:
- Language Arts
- Teacher:
- Heather Carter
- Robert Rizzo
- Students Impacted:
- 100
- Grade:
- 9-12
- Date:
- September 3, 2024
Investors
Thank you to the following investors for funding this grant.
FUTURES Foundation - $500.00
Anonymous Family Foundation - $500.00
Goal
The goal of this club is to support our students’ interests by building a positive culture, community and environment through high interest novels in book club. The club will provide an opportunity for students to develop conversational and critical thinking skills. Students will learn to appreciate different cultures, personal histories, values and traditions of others. They will be given the opportunities to seek to understand and evaluate different points of view. Students will discuss and analyze the texts in literature circles. Together, with teacher sponsors, teens will read texts from the Florida Teens Read (FTR) 2024-2025 Book List. Funding would support active reading resources for students so we can compete in the competition again this year. The Florida Teens Read 2024-2025 Book List has been approved by our principal and media specialist. Our students have won 1st place in the battle of the book's competition for the past two years. The team desires to continue our tradition of reading together and competing at the Battle of the Books while inviting new members into the book club.
The following BEST ELA benchmarks will be utilized as a foundation for discussion and activity surrounding the books:
ELA.10.R.1.1 – Analyze how key elements add layers of meaning/style in a text
ELA.10.R.1.2 – Analyze and compare universal themes and their development throughout a literary text
ELA.10.R.1.3 – Analyze coming of age experiences reflected in a text and how the author represents conflicting perspectives.
ELA.10.R.3.1 –Analyze how figurative language creates mood in text(s)
ELA.10.V.1.1 – Integrate academic vocabulary appropriate to grade level speaking and writing
ELA.10.V.1.2 – Apply knowledge of etymology/derivations to determine meanings of words and phrases
ELA.10.V.1.3 – Apply knowledge of context clues, figurative language, word relationships, reference materials/background knowledge to determine connotative & denotative meanings of words/phrases .
Category
Learning Aids - Sunshine state book sets, robotics kits, puzzle boards, science models, engineering supplies, etc.
What will be done with my students
Students will select books from the 2024-2025 FAME Teen Reads list. This club is student led and guided by club sponsors. Students will read selected titles as a group. Through navigating our understandings of these texts, students will build community and foster an appreciation of different cultures. They will utilize reading journals and resources to support the development of critical thinking and conversational skills. Students will utilize their journals to prepare for the Battle of the Books competition at the end of the year.
Benefits to my students
his club will allow students to engage in texts with their peers. Students will engage in conversation as we navigate our understanding of texts. Students will take part in literature circles that develop critical thinking skills. By meeting regularly with peers for discussions students will connect by gathering around a similar topic and finding joy through shared reading. Literature is beautiful because it allows us to associate with things we are familiar with and learn from things that we are not familiar with. This will help students experience cultures beyond their own.
Budget Narrative
The budget includes 6 copies of the books from the Florida Teens Read 2024-2025 Booklist, Reading Journals, Tabs and Bookmarks.
Items
| # | Item | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Breathe and Count Back from Ten (6 copies) | $54.00 |
| 2 | Chaos Theory (6 copies) | $72.00 |
| 3 | The Do-Over (6 copies) | $48.00 |
| 4 | The Drowned Woods (6 copies) | $60.00 |
| 5 | Four The Road (6 copies) | $78.00 |
| 6 | The Name She Gave Me (6 copies) | $78.00 |
| 7 | In Nightafll (6 copies) | $60.00 |
| 8 | Midnight At the Houdini (6 copies) | $60.00 |
| 9 | Queen Bee (6 copies) | $66.00 |
| 10 | Promise Boys (6 copies) | $66.00 |
| 11 | Remember Me Gone (6 copies) | $65.00 |
| 12 | Seven Percent of Ro Devereaux (6 copies) | $78.00 |
| 13 | Your're Not Supposed to Die Tonight (6 copies) | $72.00 |
| 14 | Reading Journals, Tabs, Bookmarks | $143.00 |
| Total: | $1,000.00 |
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