2018-2019 Book Clubs
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The DHMS Library sponsors many book clubs to meet a variety of reading needs.
Clubs meet during ELT (first period), during lunch, and after school. Please contact Ms. Kochel if you are interested in joining one of these clubs. See our 2016-2017 Book Club Activities Here * See our 2017-2018 Book Club Activities Here |
Overbooked
Overbooked, our after school book club, is open to all students. We meet on Wednesdays after school from 4-5 p.m. Once a month we discuss a book, and the other weeks we promote reading, play games, and do other fun book-related activities. Club sponsors are Ms. Kochel (librarian) and Ms. Mitchell (6th language arts) and Ms. Liebman (8th language arts).
Schedule Sept. 5: First Meeting Sept. 12: Get first books/You-Me-Left-Right Name Game Sept. 19: Genrification Project--Flipgrid Videos Sept. 26: Flipgrid video creation Oct. 3: No Book Club--Fall Break Starts Oct. 10: First book discussions: Maze Runner, City of Ember (novel or graphic novel) Oct. 17: Game Day and new book and photo for T-shirts and FlipGrid videos Oct. 24: Author Presentation: Shelli Johannes Wells Oct. 31: Scary Story Writing, Virtual Reality Pumpkin Carving, and Halloween Chain Reaction Nov. 7: Book Discussion: People of Sparks, Ender's Game, or Pashmina Nov. 14: Get new book--The Boy in the Striped Pajamas or Kindle edition of Untraceable by S.R. Johannes DIGITAL BREAKOUT Nov. 28: Labeling series books Dec. 5: Library Fundraiser--taking notes to neighborhood Dec. 12: Book Discussion: Untraceable or The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Dec. 19: Game Day Jan. 9: Writing Jan. 16: Writing Jan. 23: All's Faire in Middle School, Golden Boy, or The Hate U Give Book Discussion Jan. 30: READ photos, Digital breakouts, and get new books Feb. 6: New game! Bring Your Own Book Feb. 13: Play Bring Your Own Book again Feb. 20: Book Tweets Feb. 27 Book Discussion: Ghost Boys, The Living March 6: Book Memes March 13: Game Day March 20: March 27 SPRING BREAK April 8: Book Discussion: Private Peaceful, The Hunted by Matt de la Pena April 17: Make tabletop displays and blackout poetry April 24: Game Day May 1: May 8: Book Discussion: The Girl Who Drank the Moon or Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus May 15: End-of-year walk to Dairy Queen 7 Wonders
The 7 Wonders Book Club, led by Ms. Jennifer Green, is in its 2nd year at DHMS. This group of 8th graders is planning to stick together all the way through until 12th grade!
Sept. 28: Refugee by Alan Gratz Nov. 2: Ghost by Jason Reynolds Nov. 30: March Book 1 by John Lewis, Nate Powell, Andrew Aydin Dec. 18: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown Jan. Pashmina by Nidhi Chanani Feb. 22: Read Pashmina and bring international food! April: Explorer: The Hidden Door |
Sixth Grade CLubsWe have 5 sixth grade book clubs that meet monthly during ELT.
Newbery Club Sept. 20: First meeting in Library List of possible books PADLET October 16: 2nd meeting Nov. 27: 3rd meeting Dec. 13: 4th meeting Jan: 15th meeting Jan. 28: Watch awards ceremony 10:00 a.m. Feb.: Meet to Choose a New Book March 7: Nyxia by Scott Reintgen April 9: Red Queen, Unwind, 5th Wave Dragon Readers with Ms. Richmond Oct. 11: Ghost Boy by Jewell Parker Rhodes Nov. 15: The Girl Who Drank the Moon Dec.6: Auggie & Me by R.J. Palacio Jan. A Tale Dark & Grimm Feb. 21: Space Case March 21 Scythe April 15: HiLo May: HiLo Book 2 or Stormbreaker The Water Bottles with Shelli Oct. 19: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate Nov. 16: Space Case by Stuart Gibbs Dec. 18: Kingdom Keepers: Disney After Dark Jan. 29: Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus Feb. 19: City of Ember March 5: City of Ember May 7: Scythe Pigeon Impossible Oct. 25: Red Queen Nov. 13: When You Reach Me Nov. 29: Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes Jan. The Greenglass House Feb. 13: Scythe or Antsy Does Time March 19: Unwind Apri 11l: Kingdom Keepers: Disney After Dark May: The 5th Wave Fantastic Five (Graphic Novels group with Shelli) Sept. 27: The Last Kids in the Universe Oct 16: Stormbreaker and Brave Nov. 13: HiLo and Anya's Ghost Dec. 19: Pashmina and Explorer: Hidden Doors and Explorer: Mystery Boxes Jan. Twilight, Miss Marvel Feb. 12: Awkward March 12: Middle School the Worse Years of My Life and All's Faire in Middle School April 9: Be Prepared and City of Ember May 14: March Book 1 and El Deafo Royal Doughnuts
The Royal Doughnuts are a group of English Language Learners that meets every Wednesday during ELT with Ms. Sharon Waters and Ms. Janet Turner.
September: Explorer: The Mystery Boxes October: Hi Lo: The Boy Who Crashed to Earth November: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, Mighty Jack December: El Deafo by Cece Bell January: Diary of A Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown February: Be Prepared March: March Book 1 by John Lewis and The Last Kid on Earth April: Mick Harte Was Here |
Seventh Grade Clubs
We have 4 different 7th grade Lunch Bunch book clubs that meet monthly. It's never too late to join.
Ninjas Sept. 11: Legend (graphic novel) Oct. 9: Ms. Marvel (graphic novel) Nov. 13: HiLo Dec. 7: Explorer: Hidden Doors Jan. Dear Martin Feb. 13: City of Ember graphic novel March 13: Be Prepared April 11: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown May: Middle School The Worst Years of My Life Fire Books - Led by Ms. Kay Johnson Sept. 13: Pashmina (graphic novel) Oct. 11: Brave (graphic novel) Nov. 8: Maze Runner by James Dashner Dec. 6: Awkward Jan. Twilight (graphic novel) Feb. 13: Anya's Ghost March 21: All's Faire in Middle School April 19: All's Faire in Middle School Crunchy Potato Sept. 18: City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau October 16: A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz and Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol Nov. 15: Matched by Ally Condie and Legend by Marie Lu (graphic novel) Dec. 10: A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness Jan. Ghost Boys Feb. 27: Long Way Down March 27 : The Hate U Give April 24: The Outsiders May: Unwind Planetary Donut Holes Sept. 25: Scythe by Neal Shusterman Oct. 23: The Dead and the Gone or Life as We Knew it by Susan Beth Pfeiffer Nov. 27: Unwind by Neal Shusterman Dec. 12: Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed Jan. Akata Witch Feb. 21: Matched or Airborn March 28: Warcross April 15: The Hate U Give May: The 5th Wave Big Sandwich (8th Lunch Bunch)
Sept. 7: My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf
Oct 2.: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Nov. 5: Code Name Verity Dec. 4: The Sun is Also a Star or All the Bright Places or Speak (graphic novel) Jan. 14: The DaVinci Code Feb. 8: Warcross by Marie Lu March 5: Tyler Johnson Was Here March 26: Bang by Barry Lyga April 9: Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo May: End of Year Party with a Big Sandwich 
Project LIT8th graders who want to read diverse books about people who frequently don't have a voice in literature have started a new chapter of ProjectLIT at DHMS. Student leaders are taking charge of this club made up of over 60 eighth graders.
See our ProjectLIT webpage here. |