Handout
Routines for Getting Started and Wrapping Up
This handout provides routines that book club groups can use during meetings to get the conversation started and to say goodbye.
Subject
- English & Language Arts
Language
English — USUpdated
How to Cite This Handout
Facing History & Ourselves, “Routines for Getting Started and Wrapping Up”, last updated July 6, 2021.
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