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  • Jenks High School
  • Jenks, OK
  • More than a third of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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“Liberty: Social Justice in Literature Book Clubs”: I am requesting copies of two non-fiction titles for students to read in self-guided book clubs. This book club unit will examine what true liberty is, how it is evidenced in our world today, and how we might be inspired to work for social justice. For this book club, students selected the titles "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas, and "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot. Students will establish their own reading schedules, facilitate discussions, and ultimately create a podcast that analyzes their findings. So why a student-led book club? Last year I attended a phenomenal workshop featuring renowned teacher Penny Kittle. She offered the following thoughts about allowing the space and time for student-led book clubs: “First, book clubs decrease social isolation. The classroom community strengthened with an increase in both casual and academic conversations between students who had not spoken prior to book clubs. Second, there was an intensity in student-to-student listening that we had not seen before. Conversations about reading deepened. Third, students supported and encouraged each other without the teacher’s intervention. Students did not need teacher questions to explore big ideas in their books. They took the work of comprehension seriously; they wanted to understand and explore their own questions as they read. There was laughter and a shared spirit of inquiry. It was magic.” These books, selected by students, will hopefully cultivate this same kind of engagement. By acquiring these two texts, we can create our own kind of educational magic.

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“Liberty: Social Justice in Literature Book Clubs”: I am requesting copies of two non-fiction titles for students to read in self-guided book clubs. This book club unit will examine what true liberty is, how it is evidenced in our world today, and how we might be inspired to work for social justice. For this book club, students selected the titles "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas, and "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot. Students will establish their own reading schedules, facilitate discussions, and ultimately create a podcast that analyzes their findings. So why a student-led book club? Last year I attended a phenomenal workshop featuring renowned teacher Penny Kittle. She offered the following thoughts about allowing the space and time for student-led book clubs: “First, book clubs decrease social isolation. The classroom community strengthened with an increase in both casual and academic conversations between students who had not spoken prior to book clubs. Second, there was an intensity in student-to-student listening that we had not seen before. Conversations about reading deepened. Third, students supported and encouraged each other without the teacher’s intervention. Students did not need teacher questions to explore big ideas in their books. They took the work of comprehension seriously; they wanted to understand and explore their own questions as they read. There was laughter and a shared spirit of inquiry. It was magic.” These books, selected by students, will hopefully cultivate this same kind of engagement. By acquiring these two texts, we can create our own kind of educational magic.

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