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Because I believe in the power of a shared experience and dialogue around books, I made sure to use Book Clubs as a format in my English classes. I was truly able to assess whether my students had connected with the themes and characters in the book and they were talking about the novel in a much more authentic way. It is also because of this, that I have always been a teacher-advisor for a Book club in any school in which I have taught.
When I learned about the Global Read Aloud started by Pernille Ripp, many years ago, it was the shared experience of books that drew me in and the idea of expanding the perspectives beyond the homogeneous groups we sometimes (not always) encounter in our classrooms. The ability, in 2019, to connect with others to share opinions about a work of fiction is so easy and so powerful.
