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Literature Circles

Literature Circles. Literature Circle Jobs. Artful Artist Super Summarizer Literary Luminary Word Wizard Crazy Connector Discussion Director. ARTFUL ARTIST:. Creates some type of art piece that reflects the reading

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Literature Circles

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  1. Literature Circles

  2. Literature Circle Jobs Artful Artist Super Summarizer Literary Luminary Word Wizard Crazy Connector Discussion Director

  3. ARTFUL ARTIST: Creates some type of art piece that reflects the reading It could involve drawing some kind of picture related to the reading—could be a sketch, cartoon, diagram, flow-chart, or stick-figure scene Student must create something original!

  4. SUPER SUMMARIZER: Prepares a brief summary of “today’s reading” which gives the main highlights or the key points in the pages read.

  5. LITERARY LUMINARY: Student points out interesting or important passages within the reading—could be interesting, powerful, funny, puzzling or important Must explain why they thought it was an interesting part.

  6. CRAZY CONNECTOR: Make Text to Self, Text to text or Text to World Connections Student finds connections between the reading material and the outside world—such as personal experience, school, community, a topic studied in another class, or a different work of literature

  7. Word Wizard On the lookout for words in the text that are unusual, interesting, or difficult to understand Defines and discusses these words with the group

  8. DISCUSSION DIRECTOR: Directs the discussion Helps people talk over the big ideas in the reading and share their reactions (could be thoughts, feelings and concerns which arise) Writes questions that will lead to discussion by the group

  9. Possible Questions Sample of open-ended questions: 1. What might happened if…? 2. How is …. like ….? 3. Do you agree with… why or why not? 4. What feelings did you have when …? 5. What do you think is the most important moment in the story? 6. If the story were to continue, what do you think might happen next?

  10. What to do during Literature Circles? STUDENTS SHOULD: Actively participate Explain their role to the group, ask group members questions, and answer questions from each group member Ask for group members on any material that may have been confusing

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