Second Session - February 20th, 2009

Hi All

We just finished the second session of the reading club. Please feel free to share your thoughts, experiences and opinions.

My thoughts - Today's session was a little less chaotic than the first one - maybe because the book was chosen and we just had to read. A large part of the last session was spent in choosing books:)

The kids read through 3 full chapters. We stopped in between chapters to check to see if we were all in it - got them to draw a picture of one of the characters, walk like one of them, explain what they would do if put in a situation similar to the one in the book etc. For slightly more than half the session, we managed to keep order and attention. But, towards the last 15 minutes, it was a struggle to get people to listen. I am proud of the group, though. We are plugging away.

The plan is to make a play out of the book. Each one of them has chosen a character and will be enacting it out when we finish the book!

I feel it is turning out okay. Please do blog your take on things too.

Thanks

viji