Book Club/Literature Circles - Roles & Responsibilities

What is a literature circle?

• A group where everybody reads at the same time

• A group where the teacher leads the discussion

• A group where students take the lead, explore new vocabulary and make connections to the text

• A group where students ask 'thin' questions

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

In a literature circle, each student has a job. Which one would you like to do first?

• Discussion Director

• Quirky Questioner

• Dynamic Drawer

• Passage Picker

• Connection Connoisseur

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.3.4A

The Discussion Director helps the group to...

• Talk about video games

• Help keep the discussion moving forward

• Get to the meeting on time

• Know what pages to read

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.5.4B

The Passage picker.....

• Picks their nose

• Chooses what the group will have for lunch

• Picks on other members of the group

• Finds something interesting for your group to talk about

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

The Quirky Questioner....

• Asks group members what they ate for breakfast

• Asks everyone what their favorite movie is

• Asks "thick" questions that have more than one answer

• Asks "Is it hometime?"

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

The Dynamic Drawer....

• Draws portraits of the other group members

• Shares about their drawing after everyone else in the group has shared their ideas

• Doodles while other people are talking

• Draws pictures of their favorite animal

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

The Wonderful Word Wizard....

• Does spells and turns words in frogs

• Writes down all the words people don't know

• Chooses three or more interesting words from the reading

• Wears a cape and holds a wand

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

The Connection Connoisseur....

• Connects two pieces of lego

• Makes text-text, text-self and text-world connections with the story

• Ties all the students shoe laces

• Holds hands with the other group members

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3A

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

Please share what you are looking forward to the most about Book Clubs/Literature circles.

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.5.4A