Brew up a

MAGICAL book club discussion

with these potent ingredients!

MAGIC POWER:

People Smart

How does the author develop each of the characters in this

chapter?

Choose up to 3 passages where the author uses thoughts, actions, or other characters’ reactions to reveal a character’s personality.

MAGIC POWER:

Picture Smart

List examples of sensory details (sight, smell, taste, touch, sound) in the chapter.

Illustrate a scene from the chapter using those specific details.

MAGIC POWER:

Logic Smart

Make connections while reading by listing similarities between events in

the chapter and……another text (book, movie, t.v.

show, etc.)…your Personal experiences/schema

…world events, cultural practices, and general common sense

MAGIC POWER:

Music Smart

Identify the main events of the chapter you just read.

Then use known story elements (characters, setting, problem, etc.) to compose a song, rap, jingle or chant that summarizes these events.

MAGIC POWER:

Self Smart

Enrich your group’s experience by doing new research related to your

book such as……information about the author…information about the setting

(geography, culture, climate, history)…artifacts (models, objects or

pictures of objects) that relate to something in the chapter

MAGIC POWER:

Body Smart

Act out important dialogue from the chapter with good expression

and phrasing.

If little dialogue is used, CREATE IT by using what you know about the featured characters to write your

own script.

MAGIC POWER:

Nature Smart

Generate a list of 3 to 5 open-ended questions about the chapter to ask your

book club group at the next meeting.

Questions that start with “HOW” or “WHY” are best—stay away from questions with only ONE right answer (especially YES or

NO).

Then select up to 3 parts of the chapter that were confusing or unclear to

mention at your next meeting to better understand the author’s message.

MAGIC POWER:

Word Smart

Choose 3-5 rich, new words from your chapter.

Use a dictionary to research the definition of each word. Then rewrite your definitions using language your group members will understand.