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LITERATURECIRCLESWhenyouworkinLiteratureCircles,youareworkingaspartofateam.Itisveryimportantthateachmemberoftheteampullshisorherownweight,orelsetheLiteratureCircleswon’twork.So,makesureyoustayontask.Maximumof4membersineachgroup.Hereisanoutlineoftheresponsibilitiesforeachrole.Theseroleswillrotatesothateachgroupmemberwillhaveadifferentroleeachtimeyoumeet:
v DISCUSSIONDIRECTORTherolehastwotasks.
1. Thefirstistowritea1paragraphsummary(atleast5sentences)ofthesectionread.2. Thesecondistowrite4questionsthatthegroupcandiscuss.Thesequestionsshouldbeopen-
endedquestions,notonewordanswerquestions.~Forexample,“Whoisyourfavoritecharactersofar,andwhy?”isagoodquestion,but“Whatisthebaby’sname?”isabadquestion.
v WORDWIZARDThisrolerevolvesaroundvocabulary.Themaintaskistofind6unfamiliarorimportantvocabularywordsfromtheselection.Then,thestudentwill:
1. Writeouttheword2. Partofspeech(noun,verb,adjective,etc.)3. Definition4. WritethesentenceitwasfoundwiththepagenumberALSO,theWordWizardisresponsibletochooseoneofthe6wordsandcreateawordcardtoaddtotheWORDWALL.
v PASSAGEPICKERThisrolerequiresacloselookatthetext.Thetaskforthisroleistofind2interestingparagraphsintheselectionandcopythemout(includethepagenumberwherepassagewasfound).Then,thestudentneedstowrite1paragraphforeachpassageexplainingwhytheseparagraphswereinterestingandimportant.
v CONNECTORThisjobistofindconnectionsbetweenthebook(readingcycle)andyou,andbetweenthebookandthewiderworld.Write2paragraphsandcitetextualevidence.Considerthelistbelowwhenyoumakeyourconnections.Useyourownpastexperiences:
- Happeningsatschoolorinthecommunity- Storiesinthenews/similarevents- Otherpeopleorproblemsthatyouareremindedof
ü Youwillonlyhave3classsessionstocompleteonecyclesopleasestayontask.ü Thisprojectisworth30pointsforeachstudent(10pointsforeachcycle;3cycles)ü Extracreditisgiventostudentswhoshowextraeffortintheirwork.