Book Club Games And Activities

Liven up your book club meetings by playing a quick game or two when your members first arrive.

Book club games and activities. There are many variations of this one but i think dwight garner s version as set out in his new york times article a few years ago is excellent. Book reports are a thing of the past and it s time to be innovative and try some book activities that your students will enjoy. They can also be repeated throughout the year.

Lydia bennett pride prejudice considers cosmo great literature and sex. Get yourself a pile of paperbacks romance crime and other genre novels make the best candidates. Of course you will also discuss the latest book you are reading but if that is all you do your meetings will soon become boring.

The activities below will reinforce and enhance what your students are currently reading try a few or try them all. Look for book related future local events and time them as a finale activity. Extreme makeover update a character or two from a book set in the past.

This can be as simple as going around the group taking it in turns to introduce yourself and saying what you like to read and what you re looking forward to about the book club if you re new or what you like about the club if you re an established. Oct 15 2014 seven fun ideas to jazz up any book club meeting. Place the characters in today s culture and invent a new life.

Whether you are running a book club for children teens or adults or you just need something to kill a few minutes in a class here are five literary games that i use time and time again. This helps for bigger book clubs made up of more than 15 people. Great activities to break the ice or freshen up an old routine.

They are a great way to break down barriers between reluctant or struggling readers and books that i know they will love. Even if your book club is on the smaller side this still helps for people who tend to be more quiet and their comments questions. Try these fun book club games to liven up your normal routine or break the ice for newcomers.