Literature Circles
Students will receive the text or assigned chapter(s) every Monday. Students will be expected to have their work completed EVERY FRIDAY when they walk into class in order to be ready to meet with their group. Students who do not have their work completed will finish it independently during class. Whatever they turn in at the end of the period will be eligible for a grade no higher than an 80.
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Roles |
Discussion Director: Your role is to come up with 4 thoughtful discussion questions for each group
meeting. You will lead the discussion, taking notes on your group’s responses. Questions must be thought provoking and debatable. You will turn in your questions with the discussion notes after every meeting. Device Director: You are the literary critic; your role is to note at least 5 important literary devices for each group meeting. You should look for things like irony, humor, metaphor, symbolism, inciting moment, and other significant devices. For each device include a cited quote or paraphrase. Also be sure to label the device. During the meeting, you will go over these devices and examples for your group, allowing for discussion and questioning from other members. You will turn in your work at the end of each meeting. I teach the major devices in a previous unit. Art Director: As the artists in residence, your role is to create an artistic rendering of significance for each group meeting. You may draw from characters, events, mood, or other inspiration, but it must be significant and justifiable. You may be abstract or concrete, but either way your job is to explain your art to your group at each meeting. Art may be in the form of drawing, painting, collaging, sculpting, crafting, or other mediums. You will turn in the art after every meeting and I may ask you to explain it to me. Vocabulary Director: Your role is to pick out at least 5 difficult words from each section to bring to the meetings. You must write the word, the definition, and a properly cited quote that includes that word. During the meeting you will explain the meanings to your classmates. Be sure that the definition you select makes sense in context! Context Director: Your role is to investigate the context surrounding the novel. For each section, research the context of the novel. For example, if you were reading To Kill a Mockingbird, you might research Jim Crow Laws, The Great Depression, FDR’s inaugural address, Emmitt Till, etc. You must write one page of handwritten notes (bullet points are okay) with a proper citation. Do not use Wikipedia as a source. You will turn in the notes after each meeting. |