Best literature circle presentation
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Literature Circles and Blogging Discussions. Developing Rich,
Real & Relevant practices in Literacy
Robyn Hurliman
Improving Student Learning OutcomesImproving Student Learning Outcomes
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Literacy in an e-learning context
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• e-fellows
• Criteria
• Release
• Mentoring
• Projects
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What does it mean to be literate in the 21st Century?
What does it mean to be literate in the 21st Century?
Why do we teach children literacy skills? What does it mean for our teaching?
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21st Century Skills and How do we get there?
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“How are the literacy skills, knowledge, and dispositions needed for the 21st century
supported through e-learning contexts?”
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My Project
• “Can Literacy Circle Discussions and Blogging create a deeper understanding
with what children are reading in response to what others say.”
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Small groups of students gather together to discuss a piece of literature in depth
The discussion is guided by students' response to what they have read
Provides a way for students to engage in critical thinking and reflection as they read, discuss, and respond to books
Students collaborate to reshape and add onto their understanding as they construct meaning with other readers
Guides students to deeper understanding of what they read through structured discussion and extended written and artistic response.
Emily Cullen Israel
What are literacy/literature circles?
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• Authentic audiences
• Connections to our lives and the world
• Something important to say
• The literacy skills to get our thinking across to others
The Key Ingredients
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The Gurus
• Harvey Daniels developed in 1993 but had been working on since 1980.
Lit Circle Resources\11 Key Elements of Literature Circles.doc
• Laura Candler lauracandler.com
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The Roles
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Questioner
Creates 3 to 5 interesting questions.
Try to think of questions that will get
the group to dig into the book and
share their thoughts and opinions.
Try to make them “FAT” questions.
Israel
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Summariser Completes a summary of the story or
the section that has been read.
Remember to include only the
important characters and events.
Don’t try to tell us everything that
happened.
When you’ve read it to the group,
they will let you know if you have
missed out anything important.
Maia
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Word Detective
Finds interesting, unusual, hard or
funny words in the story.
Find out what they mean, what the
base word is, any prefixes or suffixes,
antonyms, synonyms…..
Use them in different sentences so
we can understand how to use them.
Don’t forget to tell us why you chose
them.
Emily Eden
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Illustrator
Picks out a scene from the story and
draws how they believe it would look.
Pay attention to details about the
characters, setting and mood.
The rest of the group will discuss
how they would have visualised the
same scene, any differences……
any similarities they see.
Jasmine
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The Connector
Makes connections from the story to
their own lives, events in the news,
historical events that may relate.
What similarities or differences can
you find in the story to your life.
• Discuss your connections and others
in the group might be able to add any
connections they have found.
Cullen
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Character Describer
Tells us what the main characters
are like – traits/personality,
connections to other characters.
• What impact do they have in
the story….?
• Remember to make it clear to the
group why you think that character
is important to the overall story.
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Investigator
Researches background information
about the book and related topics.
Uses questions and key words to find
information.
Might find websites and interactive
activities and games to further our
understanding.
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Paragraph Picker
Finds exciting paragraphs to
share with the group.
They may be based on language,
imagery, use of synonyms, dialogue,
descriptions of characters….
Remember to tell us why you chose
that paragraph to share.
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Travel Tracker
Tells us where the main characters have travelled in the story.
It is like plotting the story on a map.
It needs to be in the order that it has happened in the story.
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Book Choice
• Thought provoking• Rich language• Children can make connections with• Have some sort of message
Problems in the beginning•Multiple copies•Ones that engage the children•Meet the criteria I’ve set
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Let’s have a goIn a small group
Read story Choose a role
10-15 minutes using the role Share with the group
Compare with another group
Or check out our wiki and my blog
www.room8owhata.wikispaces.com
http://robynse-learningnews.blogspot.com/
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Discussions
• Initial discussions (very stilted, round robin or through teacher.
• Dominant Children • Worth Sharing (Thinking Challenged, Thinking time, Change time)
“AHA”
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Meaningful Contexts
• Does it really matter if I understand?
“AHA”
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Surface Features
• Children becoming more self-monitoring and regulatory of the group.
“AHA”
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Making Connections
“AHA”
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“AHA”
I have children excited about choosing their books. Rushing into class to tell us about what
they have been reading. Thinking ahead to what their
next book will be….. Why?
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How much of what we do is the same…just because we have shifted the
context or environment, have we really made a shift in our thinking? Are we
giving children what they need? Are we doing it any differently?
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Children want to move forward. They want to learn new skills and want to be challenged. They can take
responsibility for their own learning. How much do we steer them when they can actually steer themselves? Do we really allow them the chance to choose their
learning steps? Do we give them the right foundation steps to succeed? How much do we still remain in
control?
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Is what we are asking children to share really worth sharing? Do we already know what they are going to
say? Do the other children already know what they are going to say? How interesting is that????
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How often do we ask children to express an opinion without getting them to base it on
anything?
emilyowhata re: Pre ThoughtsI haven't been camping yet but I am very keen to give it a go.Posted Aug 3, 2009
•Robyn_Hurliman re: Pre ThoughtsAre you still keen to give it a go Emily after reading about Grandma McGarvey's experiences?
emilyowhata re: Pre ThoughtsNot very keen as I was before because a wild pig coming up to you and stealing a sausage off you isn't very pleasant although it isn't based on a true story.
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“Not every member must contribute, but all must believe they are free to when ready
and it will be valued.”
Confronting the challenges of Participatory Culture
MacArthur Foundation
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“How are the literacy skills, knowledge, and dispositions needed
for the 21st century supported through e-learning contexts?”
• Collaboration – access to people and texts that might not have otherwise been available• Ownership• Interaction with a global, neutral community• Authentic Audiences – it matters what I have to say• Making connections – specialising according to strengths and interests• Being able to review, adapt, modify thinking. Greater choice about how to make meaning of and with texts – removing the laboriousness of editing.•A balance of freedom and constraint
So has it made a difference?Yes!!!!!!!!
Conditions of Learning
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Where to next?
• Next group• More mini inquiries• Writing
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“Instead of asking the question "What technology skills must a student have to face the 21st century?" should we not be asking "What thinking and literacy skills
must a student have to face the 21st century?"
newliteracy.wikispaces.com
Technology vs Literacy Skills
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Questions to ask yourself and your children? What are you doing about it?
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E-fellow Photo Story
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Resource Help/Discussions
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