Between+the+Lines

This book club is an opportunity for us to discuss books anytime. It is an opportunity to share thoughts and ideas on books. We hope to encourage each other to read even more and develop deepened thinking of what we read. 1. Respect each other's views. Everyone has a right to his or her opinion. It is not necessary to agree on all points, but it is necessary to let everyone share his/her thinking. 2. Allow time for others to respond. You may not get a response immediately or even in the same day. That's okay. 3. Be open to new ideas and think about them before you respond. Someone just might be pushing your thinking! 4. Offer new thoughts to push other's thinking. 5. Stay on the topic. If you want to talk about something new, write a new post. 6. Read and thinking about these examples of good and bad responses before posting your first response.
 * Welco﻿me to Between the Lines! **
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 * Between the Lines (6C Book Club!) **

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@Writing Discussions Discuss writing, including writing tips & tricks, writing philosophy, writer's block, etc.


 * Reflecting on our first semester together, you revealed how much your reading has changed since elementary school. I am so impressed with your ability to articulate how you've evolved as readers and thinkers. A small sampling of thoughts you shared is below.**

"Before this class I didn't know all of the different strategies you could use in your reading. For example, schema, questioning, inferring, and metacognition. I also did not know how to annotate the text, or talk to the text. I think annotating the text helps me a lot because I can understand more and actually understand what's going on."

"This year I learned that reading can be enjoyable if you just open your mind to it."

"I noticed that now every time I read I have little questions in my head popping up, and if I try to answer them then I understand the book I'm reading better than normal."

"Now I enjoy reading so much more that instead of doing other things I will sit down with a book and enjoy the book. Another reason for this is that before I didn't really get to choose what I could read. We had assigned books and we had to read them where as now I can choose what I read."

"I know now that you have to do more than just read. You have to think about what you are reading."

"Before sixth grade I did not know that reading could set an image in my head and play a movie just with words and it's fun!"

"I learned to actually understand what I was reading. For example, I used to just read the words and I thought I was reading, but now I know you have to understand the text or else it won't actually be reading. I also learned to like reading more."

"Before this class I didn't know you had to reflect on what you read to know if you understood what you read. I also didn't know that reading calmed you down and entertained you just like television did."

"Before I came into sixth grade I didn't really know how much I wasn't thinking about when I was reading. Before I started collecting notes in my books, I would just read without thinking. Now I actually can relate to the texts of my books. I thought it wouldnt be fun, but I actually like to collect and write on sticky notes as I read my books!!!!=)"

"I know now that reading influences me as a writer."


 * WOW! You are all very inspiring! Thanks for your deep thinking and reflection!**