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Scary Stories Book Club 2011.

By library - Posted on 16 August 2011

The Scary Stories Book Club 2011 was filled with 6 junior teens ranging from the age of 10 to 13 years old. We met every Wednesday evening in the activity room for six weeks starting on July 6 to August 10. The book club started at 6:00 p.m. and ended at 7:45 p.m. In each session, we read scary stories from our featured book, Bites: Scary Stories To Sink Your Teeth Into, explored Iroquois legends, discovered International terror myths and viewed creepy monsters in short films.

Our book club was set up in a scary fashion, we (the facilitators) taped frightening monster posters onto the wall, lit up candles that were strategically placed in many areas of the dim room and scary figures were set around our reading spot, which created an eerie surrounding. The room was divided into two sections: the reading circle and the media area. At the start of each session, we sat in a circle, enjoyed snacks with drinks and shared news or personal scary story experiences. Each peer closely listened to each other and respected each speaker in the group. After reading our stories and legends, we moved into the media area to view our weekly feature film.

The junior teens were exposed to a variety of contemporary authors in our featured book, Bites: Scary Stories To Sink Your Teeth Into. Through these stories, they learned about the history of legendary monsters and the rules of destroying them. They also listened to legends adapted by local community members and global storytellers, where moral lessons were always revealed. This closely examined customs and themes from our culture as well as other ethnicities in our Nation. While we read our stories and legends, we (the facilitators) gave explanations of advanced words and meanings, which raised questions to be asked about the subjects in each story and allowed a full understanding of the content.

The Scary Stories Book Club was leisure, creative and scary. The junior teens were given the opportunity to freely express their opinions, learn of many works of authors, explore stories through the medium of film and have the opportunity to own a relaxing space they felt comfortable spending time in.

Tyler Phillips
(Organizer)

Joy Deer
(Assistant)