Booktalking

50% of the giggling was cut out, but we're still left with an ample amount when these students discuss The Kill Order and Don't Look Back.

In an extra spoooooky and extra delaaaayed episode, two students have a discussion on Halloween about the two books that they are reading. One of them is dressed as the Joker!

Who is the sister's keeper? Who will become The One? What is leukemia? All these questions and more in this episode of Booktalking!

Listen closely, and you'll hear a genuine text-to-text connection in this here podcast. In this episode, we discuss Matched and Mortal Danger.

Kuroko's Basketball, our second manga in a row, is discussed as is Gang Tackle, a book about a football team dealing with a big problem.

Two students who are both reading the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series sit down to talk about the volumes they are both finishing.

Even though one of our hosts has mistakenly been referring to his book as "Gene Luen Yang," he's actually reading the book "Boxers" (by Gene Yang!) while our other host has read Son of Neptune.

Two students discuss Stephen King and VC Andrews, but the biggest question remains: why was mom calling in the middle of the podcast??

In this episode, I introduce the concept of the podcast - that we read books and then talk about them. Its...pretty self-explanatory? The rationale behind podcasting our talks is that when we have authentic ways of demonstrating our learning, it makes the learning itself more authentic. Students are having great discussions about their books now, but this is a way to really showcase that learning that is more authentic than just talking in class. Additionally, we're working on our skills in questioning as we listen to others talk about our books and make connections to ourselves, the world, and other texts.