literature circles & book speed dating
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Literature Circles & Book Speed Dating. Intro to Lit Circles. What are literature circles?. Students choose their own reading materials Small temporary groups are formed, based upon book choice Different groups read different books - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Literature Circles & Book Speed
DatingIntro to Lit Circles
What are literature circles?
Students choose their own reading materials Small temporary groups are formed, based upon book choice Different groups read different books Groups meet on a regular, predictable schedule to discuss their
reading Kids use written or drawn notes to guide both their reading and discussion Discussion topics come from the students Group meetings aim to be open, natural conversations about books,
so personal connections, digressions, and open-ended questions are welcome
In newly-forming groups, students may play a rotating assortment of task roles
The teacher serves as a facilitator, not a group member or instructor.
What is speed dating?
Multiple singles meet in an organized place.
Each single man/woman spends a very short amount of time talking to another man/woman. When time is called (about 5 minutes), singles switch who they are talking to.
At the end of the event, people get the information of who they are interested in.
What does this have to do with literature
circles? We are going to use speed dating so that
you can get acquainted with your book choices for this semester
We will follow the same process as speed dating
You will rank the books at the end in order of how interested you are in them
I will pair you up with one of your top three choices (hopefully your first)
First Book: The Absolutely True
Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Second Book: Stolen
Third Book: It’s Kind of a Funny Story
Fourth Book: An Abundance of
Katherines
Fifth Book: The Book Thief
Group Number Members Start at. . .
1 Tommy A JennaTommy D KyleNina Jessie
The Book Thief
2 Carter Kailey KMatt CJKaitlyn M Allie MNathan
Absolutely True Diary
3 Jake L Allison Katy P Jake WGillian AshleyLeah
Stolen
4 Hayley SarahMckenzie ErinKaitlyn W HannahMike
It’s Kind of a Funny Story
5 Maddie LaurenMelanie JenniferKaylie Payton
An Abundance of Katherines
Group Number Members Start at. . .
1 Max ChaseJake TaylorBrandon Morgan
The Book Thief
2 Aaron GrantJordan TylerRebekah MattLexi
Absolutely True Diary
3 Avery BrookeMiya AnnaMadisyn Will
Stolen
4 Clay KimSabrina KyleDan KatieMeghan
It’s Kind of a Funny Story
5 Monica Caitlin MAutumn DeannaMitch Zac
An Abundance of Katherines
Lit Circle Discussion Examples
Clip Three: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAOd1zXlo30
Clip Two: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IgrTtIEq8E
Clip Three: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7f9kD9kik0
Literature Circle Roles
The Connector The Secretary The Discussion Liaison The Quote Connoisseur The Artist The Word Whiz
The Connector This person will be responsible
for making three types of connections with the text in preparation for the meeting: Text to Text: comparing the
book you are discussing to another book/story/movie
Text to World: comparing the book you are discussing to a real-world issue
Text to Self: comparing the book you are discussing to your life experiences
The Secretary This person keeps track of
the discussion about the book
Responsible for keeping track of how many times people participate
Responsible for recording the key points talked about during the discussion session
The Discussion Liaison
This person is responsible for initiating discussion
This person will come up with five INSIGHTFUL questions about the part of the book that you were assigned to read
This means questions that require more than a one-word answer!
This person is also responsible for making sure the discussion flows nicely
The Quote Connoisseur
This person is responsible for choosing three quotes that they found interesting while reading the required part of the text
They will explain why these quotes in particular were intriguing/ meaningful
The Artist This person is (you
guessed it) responsible for choosing a key scene from the section that his or her group was required to read and drawing it
They must provide a written explanation for why they chose that particular scene
The Word Whiz This person is responsible for choosing five
words from the required section The person will list the word, where it is
used in the text, and what it means
ALL Members Must Contribute to Discussion to Receive Full
Credit!!!