Doesn’t need to be ability grouped Literature Circles Students choose from a list of books and form a book club (all non-fiction, or fiction) Doesn’t need to be ability grouped

Procedure 12 inch voice Pick up chair to carry Wait until person is finished to speak To do list when done students come up with timeline # of days/pages notebook for journal entry

Assessment Literature Circles Evaluation Grading Criteria Points (0-5) Group Name_____________________ Literary Luminary( clear choice of passage and why it was chosen )____ Word Wizard (words were carefully chosen and clearly defined)____ Director (thought provoking, and created conversation)____ Connector (clear about how this story or event related to your life)____ Illustrator (pictures were carefully drawn along with captions that described pictures)____ Participation (noise level were appropriate, encouraging, and sharing of ideas)____

Results Camaraderie Meet new members Understanding completion

Word Wizard Your job is to be on the lookout for a few especially important words in today’s reading section. If you find words that are puzzling or unfamiliar, mark them as you are reading, and then later jot their definitions, either from a dictionary or some other source

Discussion Director Your job is to develop a list of questions you’re group might want to discuss about this part of the book. Usually the best discussion questions come from your own thoughts, feelings and concerns as you read.

Illustrator Your job is to draw some kind of picture related to the reading. It can be a sketch, cartoon, diagram, flow chart, or stick figure scene. You can draw a picture of something that’s discussed specifically in your book, or something that they reading reminded you of, or a picture that conveys any idea or feeling you got from the reading.

Connector Your job is to find connections between the book your group is reading and the world outside. This means connecting the reading to your own life, to happening to school, or in the community, to similar events at other times and places, to other people or problems that you are reminded of.

Literary Luminary Your job is to locate a few special sections of the text that your group would like to hear read aloud. The idea is to help people remember some interesting, powerful, or important sections of the text. You decide what passages or paragraphs are worth hearing