Junior and High School Literature Circles with Technology                                                          

Looking for ways to engage your students in reading, discussing and

writing about texts? Literature Circles is a proven strategy to get your

students reading, thinking, discussing, and writing. This session

analyzes the nuts and bolts of literature circles: how to start them,

how to assess them, how to maintain them, and how to infuse them

with technology. Participants receive Harvey Daniels' Literature Circles

book, prepare lessons to use with mini-circles, and create their own wiki,

leaving the workshop armed with strategies and resources to start

using literature circles with their students.

Workshop Resources

•  Workshop Reflection

Links

      General Info about Lit. Circles

• Wikipedia
• Themes and Lit. Circles (lots of WebQuests)
• Adapting Lit. Circles for Nonfiction  (great for AP and regular students)

       Wikis

• PBwiki.com

• BHSreaders 

      Discussion Boards

• phpBBnow 
• Quicktopics  

Mrs. Huff's Hand-Outs

Planning	Assessing--Reading/Writing	Assessing--Discussions
MappingMini-Lessons.pdf  Teacher Model:  Example of planning mini-lessons	RRJ_Rubric.pdf  Rubric:  5-point rubric for reading responsejournals     APrrj_rubric.doc Rubric:  4-point rubric for reading response journals for AP English Language	Discussion Board Grading Rubric.doc  Rubric:  4-point rubric for online discussion board
Home Court powerpoint.ppt  PowerPoint: Teaching kids to treat one another with respect	PR Rubric.pdf  Rubric:  4-point rubric for polished response	blog_rubric.doc  Rubric:  Student-created 3-point blog rubric
eCircle_instructions.doc Hand-Out:  Instructions for starting online discussion, including online safety issues	PR_theme_rubric.doc Rubric:  4-point rubric for polished response analyzing theme	InClass_DiscussionRubric Checklist: Students can use  to self-assess or teacher can  use to assess   Literature Circle Planning Guide.doc Hand-Out: Instructions for absent students to write a friendly letter to discuss book.
LC_AlternateAssignment.doc   Hand-out: Student graphic organizer assigning specific reading strategies for journaling LitCircle_Roles.doc  Hand-Out:  Assigns roles for LC.	IR program description.doc Hand-Out: Describes assignments:   Reading Response Journal, Polished Responses, Annotated Bibliography	BookTalkRubric.doc   booktalk_rubric_detailed.doc Rubrics:   Book Talk rubrics The first is a simple, generic one. The second is a bit more detailed with stricter requirements.

     

Reading Strategies	Reading Response Journal	Models
AskingQuestions.pdf Hand-Out: Asking Effective Questions (3 Layers)   Questioning a Text.doc Graphic Organizer:Students write three "layers" of questions.	ChoosingGoodPassages.pdf  Hand-Out:  Tips for Choosing Passages (Golden Lines)	Sample PR.ppt  PowerPoint: Walks students through writing a polished response
Connections_bkmk.pdf  BookMark:  Connections (TS, TT, TW)	Harvesting Post-It Notes.doc  Hand-Out:  Graphic Organizer for harvesting Post-It notes	DialecticNotes.pdf  Hand-Out:  Model two column notes from The Awakening by Chopin
Making Connections.ppt  PowerPoint:  Making Connections and Asking Effective Questions	BookTalkRubric.doc	Flickr Photos:  Sample Reading Response Journals written by students
ReadingStrategies_Bookmark.pdf  Bookmark:  Active Reading Strategies   LCbookmark.pub	RRJ_booklet.pub Brochure to give to students to use as a journal.	SamplePR_character.doc Hand-Out: Student-written Polished Response analyzing a character