Literature Circles

1. Literature Circles Pre-AP/Honors English 9 Mrs.Guin Adapted from Julie Bernard

2. Purpose • analyze what you read in an in-depth way • respect others’ opinions about literature • listen and learn • speak and communicate

3. Elements of Literature Circles • Respect • Reading • Speaking • Listening • Writing • Illustrating • Decision Making • Cooperation • Responsibility

4. What to do and when to do it!

5. After a piece of literature has been read, you will get into your literature circles. • Individually work on your task • Participate in your group’s discussion • Participate in the whole-class discussion

6. Four (4) Roles in Literature Circles

7. 4 Roles in Literature Circles • Discussion Director • Passage Master • Connector • Illustrator

8. Task of the Discussion Director • Generates (creates) “2” questions that will lead the group to analyze the “big ideas” of the reading • Leads the discussion with the two questions • Models listening

9. Task of the Passage Master • Locates “2” special parts of the selection that impacts the plot, theme, action, or character development • Justifies (gives reasons why) the 2 choices • Selects members of group to read each passage aloud

10. Task of the Connector • Identifies“2” connections you have made between the reading and the real world • Records the event in the literature with which you made a connection to the event in your real life • Shares the connections

11. Illustrator • Selects a scene from the assigned pages that made an impression on you • Illustrates that scene with details so others will recognize the impact (Must display in-depth thinking) • Creates a clever caption for your illustration

12. Are you ready to begin? What concerns or questions do you have?