Transcript Literature Circles

Literature Circles
Objective: Increase students’
understanding of literature through
meaningful analysis, discussion, and
presentation. There will be a BIG final
project!
Literature Circles are small groups of
students who meet together to talk about
books they have read.
• Each member of the group has a job with certain
responsibilities.
• If the group is to work effectively, each person
must do his job.
• Participation and self-control are important
ingredients in successful Literature Circles.
Take Notes
Topic: Lit. Circles Expectations
Expectations
Habits of Scholarliness
Different Roles
Expectations
Task
Meeting Guidelines
Set up Roles & Page Assignments
Group Project/Presentation
Scholar’s Expectations
Have intellectual courage by:
 Taking risks
 Respectfully challenging others
 Actively participating
Display intellectual leadership:
 Take the initiative
 Encourage each other to accomplish the
tasks
 Tactfully challenge others to be thorough
and insightful in their responses.
Habits of a Scholar…
Demonstrate intellectual humility
Practice scholarly behavior by listening
actively; don’t interrupt others or have side
conversations
Do not steal others’ opportunities to learn
and think
Be open-minded
Show intellectual aggressiveness
Defend your thoughts with evidence after
thoroughly reading, interpreting, and
analyzing
Refer to the literature/text for evidence
Actively participate
Everyone has a job and task
① Discussion Director
② Passage Master
③ Summarizer
④ Connector
⑤ Investigator- (if more than four)
⑥ Illustrator- (if more than five)
*Take notes of of the expectations/tasks for each job..
Discussion Director
 Help all actively participate in the discussion.
 Keep discussion focused- scholars stay on task.
TASKS:
1) Create a double bubble map comparing two
ideas.
2) 4+ UTS questions:
1) Theme
2) Change over Time
3) Plot, Character, Setting
4) Unanswered Questions
3) Share questions with group and write down their
responses.
Passage Master
 Help people notice the most interesting,
funny, sad, puzzling or important
sections.
TASKS:
1) Choose 4+passages from the assigned
reading.
2) Create a dialectical journal. (quotes on
left; significance on right)
3) Share your passages (reading aloud, ask
a member to read, or have group
silently read).
4) Discuss responses with group.
SUMMARIZER
 Summarize BIG stuff.
 Analyze its impact and discuss different
causes and effects.
TASKS:
1) Identify major events (written summary)
2) Create a Multi Flow Map (Cause &
Effect)
3) Share your summary and thinking
map
Connector
 Connect the book to the real world.
TASKS:
1. Create a Circle Map divided into four
sections:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Self
Family
School
Community, society, or world
2. Make a connection for each
quotation
3. Share circle map and write down two
more connections from your group.
Determine roles for
each meeting
Meeting 1
Discussion
Director
Passage
Master
Summarizer
Connector
Meeting 2 Meeting 3