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At the beginning of the school year, students will watch book trailers describing each novel and will visit a station created for each book. They will then choose their “top” books that they are the most interested in, and I will help them choose their book club groups. Students will read at school and at home, then have discussions within their groups about what they have read and topics I bring up. Students will be expected to conduct research on any background information they need for their books. I will also incorporate TED Talks about empathy, disabilities, refugees, etc. for students to be more immersed in these topics. The actual book clubs should take about two months, but the activities they will do will be incorporated all year long. My ultimate goal is for our students to form a relationship with students in the self -contained classroom. We will form a partnership with the Connect club which is focused on forming relationships with the self-contained students. Since a lot of the book club books are focused on students with disabilities, this will enrich the project even more. Students involved in the “Creating Empathy Through Reading” Project will become involved with “lunch buddies” with these students and volunteer at the Special Olympics.

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At the beginning of the school year, students will watch book trailers describing each novel and will visit a station created for each book. They will then choose their “top” books that they are the most interested in, and I will help them choose their book club groups. Students will read at school and at home, then have discussions within their groups about what they have read and topics I bring up. Students will be expected to conduct research on any background information they need for their books. I will also incorporate TED Talks about empathy, disabilities, refugees, etc. for students to be more immersed in these topics. The actual book clubs should take about two months, but the activities they will do will be incorporated all year long. My ultimate goal is for our students to form a relationship with students in the self -contained classroom. We will form a partnership with the Connect club which is focused on forming relationships with the self-contained students. Since a lot of the book club books are focused on students with disabilities, this will enrich the project even more. Students involved in the “Creating Empathy Through Reading” Project will become involved with “lunch buddies” with these students and volunteer at the Special Olympics.

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