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CLOSE AND CRITICAL READING ROLES

ROLE 1: DISCUSSION DIRECTOR As Discussion Director, your job is to  develop a list of questions that your group might want to discuss as part of this book. Help your group members talk over the big ideas in the reading as well as share their reactions.  Your secondary duty is to make sure everyone in your group participates in the discussion. All members should be following the group rules set forth previously.

ROLE 2: SUMMARIZER As Summarizer, your job is to  Prepare a brief summary of today’s reading. Give a quick one or two minute statement that conveys the key points, the main highlights, and the overall essence of today’s reading.  You are to take special note of the plot of the story so that all group member understand the events that have taken place iwthin the reading.

ROLE 3: TIME LINER As Time Liner, your job is to  Develop a time line that chronicles the important events in today’s reading. Some examples may include: introduction of new characters, a battle, a natural disaster, a character’s accomplishments, or anything else you deem note worthy.  List on your time line only the most important events. Make sure to list them in the order in which they appear.

ROLE 4: STORY DISSECTOR As Story Disector, your job is to  Tear apart your reading in order to find the literary elements the author has used in the story. Look for examples of: theme, imagery, similes, and metaphors. Please list these using the line numbers where you found each example, in order to locate them again.  Your job is to also tell your group members about the setting, characters, conflict, and theme in the reading.

ROLE 5: CONNECTOR Your job as Connector is to  Find connections between the reading and the outside world. You may connect the reading to your own life, to events at school or the community, to similar events in other times or places, to other people or problems you are reminded of, or to other stories you have previously read.  Be sure to list the example from the story as well as your connection and it’s source.