Novel Study: Lit Circles The Kite runner, Lullabies for little criminals, the illegal, night, Red Rising

Purpose Empowering you the reader to explore and respond to the book in a thoughtful manner. You will be responsible for preparing information based on the book that you are currently reading and you and your other group members will conduct a minimum 10 min discussion about the novel. You will also have one student record your discussion and send me a copy of your discussion.

Role Discussion Leaders- develop a list of questions you think your group should discuss about the assigned chapters in that section of the book. Try to create questions that will encourage your group to consider many different ideas. Discussion contributors- Your role is to discuss and further the discussion within your group and to provide a few questions you might want to raise in your discussion that you think would further the discussion within your group.

Lit Groups Lit Kit Group 1 Ingrid- Kite Runner Jon- Illegal Trevor- Red Rising Danny-Kite Runner Sage- Lullabies   Group 2 Jade- Kite Runner Yvette- Night Jake- Red Rising Yuliya- Kite Runner Jordana- Lullabies Zak-  Group 3 Nick- Kite Runner Tarissa- Lullabies Tyffany-Lullabies Asia- Red Rising Raymond- Kite Runner

Lit Groups Group 4  Catherine- Night Sarah- Lullabies Oto- Red Rising Jordi- Kite Runner Sairi- Illegal Group 5 Daniel- Red Rising Jestoni- Red Rising Karen- Night Brooklyn- Lullabies Hayley 

Discussion #1 (Family or inner circle) Discussion #1- Your goal is to fully discuss the role that family has in shaping a person’s identity so far in the novel from the first few chapters. SAMPLE QUESTIONS How has the main character’s family impacted their lives? If you were in the main character’s shoes, how do you identify with the main character? How would you define the main character’s identity? Use the Bloom’s taxonomy sample question to generate questions for your discussion.

Discussion #2 (Environment) Use the Bloom’s taxonomy sample question to generate questions for your discussion. What factors within the environment influenced the protagonist’s decisions? How has the environment changed the protagonist? What role did the environment have in hindering the protagonist’s identity? How has the environment impacted the main character’s identity? SAMPLE QUESTIONS Discussion #2- Your goal is to fully discuss the role that environment has in shaping a person’s identity so far in the novel from the next few chapters. Discussion #2 (Environment)

Discussion #3 (Society) Discussion #3- Your goal is to fully discuss the role that society has in shaping a person’s identity so far in the novel from the next few chapters. SAMPLE QUESTIONS How has society changed the protagonist’s identity? How has society impacted the main character’s identity? Why do you think society has such an important role in shaping one’s identity? What evidence could you find were society forced the main character to question their own belief? Use the Bloom’s taxonomy sample question to generate questions for your discussion.

Discussion #4 Topic Theme and connections to everyday life Discussion #4- Your goal is to fully discuss the themes and connections to everyday life in the novel from the next few chapters of either book. Sample Questions What themes were evident throughout the novel? What lessons can we learn from the novel? What does the characterization of the characters reveal about the theme? In your opinion, could the events in the novel happen today or in the future? Use the Bloom’s taxonomy sample question to generate questions for your discussion.