Literature Circles

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Facebook Group: Principles of Written Communication 2 ENG007 T313

• To promote reading by creating literate communities within the classroom.

• To respond personally to literature as meaning is constructed from the text

• To meet regularly • To play the different literature circle roles

/ roles of a reader• To create a log of roles, answers, and

updates for each literature circle encounter

Literature Circle Roles

source

Christine Boardman MoenTeaching with Newbery Books: Strategies for Using Newberys Across the Curriculum

Discussion Director

• Develops a list of questions the group might want to discuss

• Directs focus on main ideas, major concepts, and the like.

• Open-ended questions • Statements that will jumpstart the discussion• Layers of story meaning

Vocabulary Enricher

• Brings the group’s attention to unfamiliar or important words or phrases in the text that may be used a lot, used in unusual ways, or are key to the meaning of the day’s reading.

• Shares definitions• Illustrates use of words or phrases in examples

Literary Luminary (Passage Master)

• Selects special passages or sections of the text to read aloud

• Chooses passages that are memorable or significant in some way (sad, funny, dramatic, striking, profound, and the like)

• Discusses the passages

Process Checker

• Keeps track of each member’s participation during the literature circle encounter

• Reviews the group’s meeting• Writes comments about each member’s role/s

and contributions• Records any group highlights or problems

during the meeting

Connector

• Points out to the group any connections the reading has with other material the class has read

• Relates the text with social, cultural and historical norms or issues, and life and the world in general

• Text – characters, events, situations, and the like

Map Maker

• Creates maps of geographical locations, events, and space-time concerns

• Linear time / timeline• Circular time, and the like• Setting• Parallel universes, multiple worlds