Literature Circles Why do lit circle Studentcentered not

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Literature Circles

Literature Circles

Why do lit circle? Student-centered; not just listening to the teacher… blah… Help create

Why do lit circle? Student-centered; not just listening to the teacher… blah… Help create students who are independent and creative thinkers Students help other students to understand text and retell in their words

Roles Discussion Character Word Director Commander Warlock Summary Captain Sultan Connector

Roles Discussion Character Word Director Commander Warlock Summary Captain Sultan Connector

Discussion Director Helps facilitate the group discussion by asking meaningful, open-ended questions Sample of

Discussion Director Helps facilitate the group discussion by asking meaningful, open-ended questions Sample of questions a DD might ask: Do you agree with… why or why not? What might happen if…. ? How is …. like … ? How is …. different from…?

Discussion Director Facilitating discussion: v Ask one question. Try to get as many answers

Discussion Director Facilitating discussion: v Ask one question. Try to get as many answers as you can. Ask follow up questions like why? or how? v Don´t let one person dominate the discussion v Encourage everyone to share their opinions v Write down some of your peers ideas

Summary Specialist Look for the most important details and events in the chapter Why

Summary Specialist Look for the most important details and events in the chapter Why are these important? What changes took place during this chapter? How will these events affect the whole book?

Connector Text-to. Self/Group 1. I can relate to Jonas when he breaks his leg

Connector Text-to. Self/Group 1. I can relate to Jonas when he breaks his leg on the mountain. When I was in middle school, I broke my leg during a basketball game. It hurt really badly; I had never experience that kind of pain before. Text to Text 2. The Giver reminds me of Harry Potter. I think that the Giver is a similar character to Dumbledore- he is very wise and helps Jonas understand many questions that arise in the book. Text to World 3. When the Giver explain the importance of sameness, it made me realize how many problems result from color. In history class, we learned about slavery and how racism still exists today all over the world. Maybe if we had sameness, this wouldn´t be such a big problem.

Word Warlock Find at least four new vocabulary words that are meaningful in the

Word Warlock Find at least four new vocabulary words that are meaningful in the text, and for you as the reader Complete all six questions about the word so that you can really start to understand it Share the two most meaningful words with your group

Character Commander Good readers examine character traits so that they may better understand the

Character Commander Good readers examine character traits so that they may better understand the text Find quotes that illustrate a direct or indirect character trait Interpret what you think that quote means. Why? Collect at least two quotes; one trait must be an indirect trait

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