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Updated: May 1st, 2009
The idea
behind Lunch Bunch book club was to bring
students together to have fun with reading, said Mrs. Maxine Mangus,
Literacy Coach/Specialist at Tavares Middle School. Her idea was
behind this very successful program.
Tne goal of
lunch bunch was to have parents, teachers, and administrators
participate in a fun activity with students. Mangus started the
reading club three years ago. It has been a successful journey with
the book club.
I think it is
fun to be able to go because we get to read a really good book, and
we get free pizza and juice, said student-participant Shaye Patton.
Students go
during lunch. Mangus supplies the lunch for the students. In the
beginning, the students get the books and a certain amount of pages
or chapters to read in a certain amount of time. Then they get in a
group and go over the pages they read, and their favorite and
non-favorite parts.
Mangus also
started creating reading posters for some of the top students in the
school who read the most books. I feel like I have accomplished one
of my goals in life, said Breontae Barnes, who was recognized as
one of the top readers.
The
posters are intended to be a positive reflection of student
achievement, and a good influence on the rest of the student body.
Even some faculty members have reading posters displayed with
their favorite books around the school. Throughout the
halls of Tavares Middle School are lots of these posters with
students, their favorite book to read, and why they like to read it. |
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