Book+Event+&+Project+ideas

Hosting an author to your school
have an author come to visit & speak at your school
 * have students read books by this author
 * have students look up facts about this author
 * have students read 2 or more books by the author to compare the stories, looking for similarities
 * have students write book discussion questions to share with the author

Authors who skype for free
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Ideas from Edutopia
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Tolerance
Offer suggested titles about tolerance, Plan activities/speakers/discussion hosts for conversation about tolerance & bullying prevention Question ideas:
 * How am I tolerant?
 * How were the characters in the book tolerant or not tolerant?
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">How can we make our school a more tolerant place?
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">What are characteristics of people who are tolerant?

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Heroes
<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Offer suggested titles that all have the common thread of heroes in them-could easily mix fiction with non-fiction titles <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Offer titles that cover all grade levels within a building <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Have a local hero- fire chief, policeman, etc. come to host a book discussion <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Question ideas:
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">What makes someone a hero?
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">What are the characteristics of the hero in your book?
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Do you have some of these characteristics?
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Can anyone be a hero?
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Who are our local heroes?
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">What can I learn from the hero in the book?

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Biography/Memoirs
<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Offer suggested biographies and memoirs <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">ask local celebrities to host book discussions <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Question ideas:
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">What happened to make this person famous?
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Why was a book written about them or did they write the book about their life?
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">What are the differences between biographies/auto-biographies/memoirs?
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Are there any ways that you are like this person?
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Do you think you would like to have this person as a friend?

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Books about animals
<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Offer suggested titles, fiction and non-fiction, with animals as the main character(s) <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">ask a local veterinarian or an animal shelter staff member to host the discussions <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Question ideas:
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">What habit does the animal live in?
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">What relationship do we have to this animal? (spiders- how do they help us? why do we need them?)
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">If fiction- was the animal character "real" or did they have mystical or human characteristics?
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">What did you like about this animal?