LITERATURE CIRCLE ROLES

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES 1.Introduce new, interesting, and important words. 2.Define and use words in an original sentence. 3.Read your sentence to the group. WORDSMITH GROUP RESPONSIBILITIES 1.Listen to the new word in the sentence. 2.Guess its definition.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES 1.Recognize important quotes. 2.Write quotes down with page and who said them. 3.Read your quotes to the group. QUOTABLE QUOTATIONS QUIZZER GROUP RESPONSIBILITIES 1.Listen to the important quote. 2.Guess who said the quote.

ROLE RESPONSIBILTIES 1.Prepare quality discussion questions for the group. 2.Record page number references for your questions. 3.Ensure that all members respond to your question. 4.Assess group members on their participation. QUALITY QUESTIONS/LEADER GROUP RESPONSIBILITIES 1.Listen to the quality question. 2.Contribute to the discussion about the question.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES 1.Assess the types of conflicts that exists in the text. 2.Think about and record how character is resolving the conflict. 3.Think about and record ways you would resolve the conflict. CONFLICT CONNECTOR GROUP RESPONSIBILITIES 1.Listen to the conflicts the Conflict Connector identifies. 2.Discuss conflicts and how they can be resolved.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES 1.Lists the different places mentioned in the text. 2.References the page in the book that correspond with the different places. MAPMAKER GROUP RESPONSIBILITIES 1.Listen to the Mapmaker’s list of places. 2.Discuss whether the list is accurate.