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Classic literature book clubs11/28/2023 ![]() ![]() One team member sits in a chair with the rest of the team standing in front of them. I always make the categories as far out as possible. Reverse Literary CharadesĪgain, this will get rowdy, but it’s a lot of fun. It’s a lot of fun and one of our most popular literary games. We see who has the best time and the best pitch overall. As the student goes through their pitch, I put a check next to the points that they hit, whilst their classmates give them encouragement to remember the things they are missing. These categories are written on a board that they aren’t allowed to look at. We discuss plot, characters, setting, similar books, and why it’s so amazing. With students, I always ask them to pretend they have one minute to convince their best friend to fall in love with a book. By signing up you agree to our terms of use A Book A Minute!īased on the popular UK radio game show “Just a Minute,” A Book A Minute tests your book-pitching skills. Thank you for signing up! Keep an eye on your inbox. When “Dragon Dying” came up, one student drew a dragon dying of embarrassment after passing gas in front of people. I love watching people come up with unique ideas for this. Ask a student to roll the dice and they must draw whatever comes up in three minutes or less. On the other die I wrote verbs like “flying,” “dying,” “fighting,” and so on. One one die I wrote nouns-things like “dragon,” “ogre,” “robot,” etc. To play Image Dice, you first need to make your own dice. Warning: this is a lot of fun and becomes very rowdy. The team left standing with the most points wins. ![]() If they sink the shot they get to take an additional four points from any team that they want. They also get to nominate one person from their group to take a shot at the Nerf basketball hoop. ![]() If a team answers correctly they get to take one point from any other team that they choose. Each team is asked multiple choice–style literary questions. Click on the title for full details on the game!įive teams of five are given ten points each to start the game. Whether you are running a book club for children, teens, or adults or you just need something to kill a few minutes in a class, here are five literary games that I use time and time again. They are a great way to break down barriers between reluctant or struggling readers and books that I know they will love. I use them all the time in the school library that I manage. Not only are they a lot of fun for bookish people, they can also be a way to introduce non-bookish people to great books that they didn’t know existed. You can follow him on Twitter and on his blog. He loves Dungeons & Dragons and is the author of Let's Roll: A Guide for Setting up Tabletop Roleplaying Games in Your School or Public Library. In 2017 he won the UK's School Librarian of the Year award and in 2022 he was named the UK Literacy Association's Reading For Pleasure Teacher Champion. Originally from Nova Scotia, Canada, he's been a high school librarian in London, UK for over a decade. Lucas Maxwell has been working with youth in libraries for over fifteen years. ![]()
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