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Lit Circles

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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

 

Links

      General Info about Lit. Circles

 

       Wikis

 

      Discussion Boards

 

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 

     

 

 

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