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Lit Circles

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Literature Circles: Getting Adolescents to Read, Think, Discuss, Write, & Connect Around Texts

General Info about Lit. Circles

What Do Lifelong Readers Need to Grow: Notes from Harvey Daniels, including his list of "great titles" to read
Wikipedia
Themes and Lit. Circles (lots of WebQuests)
LiteratureCircles.com (sponsored by the Walloon Institute, of which Harvey Daniels is a part)
Liiterature Circles: A ton a links to all things Lit Circles.
Nine Sessions to Introduce Lit Circles: A grade 3-5 unit--but adaptable to older students--from ReadWriteThink.
Contemporary Lit Circles: Idea from Margaret Forst for semester elective Lit Circle class--what a dream!

English Language Arts & Technology Standards

Articles

Tools & Strategies for Reading, Writing, Thinking

Greece Central School District's List of Tools
What Can You Say About a Book? This is an incredible resource or lessons to teach reading strategies, author's craft, book talks, writing response to literature.
Nancy Steineke's notes from 2006 Walloon Institute Training with high school teachers: These are rough notes but contain a wealth of best practice info.

Texts to Read