“Quitters, Inc.” Literary Circle

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“Quitters, Inc.” Literary Circle

Objective To establish meaningful connections to a text through collaborative exploration.

Group 1: Characterization Notes… _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Protagonist (what does he/she say, do, think, look like?) Antagonist (what does he/she say, do, think, look like?) Round: Who and why? Flat: Who and why? Dynamic: Which character undergoes change? Static: Name one character that remains the same.

Group 3: Conflict Internal ~ what decision does the character have to make? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ External ~ who/what stands between the character and his/her goal?

Group 3: Plot

Group 4: Theme THEMEssage (in sentence form) What does this story say about people, society? What is the author trying to convey? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Group 5: Essential Question Connection What did this story make you realize about yourselves? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________