What is a Lit Circle?  For a few minutes each day we are going to… Have a dinner table discussion about TKAM. You will fill out a worksheet for homework and during class discuss what you have found for your worksheet.

Your Group  Your group is based on the color your position is.  There is Red, Green, Blue, and Orange.  When you get in your group: REMEMBER where you sat!! This is going to be your assigned seat for the rest of this group project.

Your Group  When you move to your group, make sure you form a table with the 6 desks.

Your Role  Your role will change every day.  You will fill out the worksheets for each day along with the study guide.

Rubric  Aim for a 10!  You can get in between 0, 5, and 10. These are the general guidelines.

Discussion Director  Find 3 key topics and write them down.  These are the main points your group is going to try to stay on track with as you all meet together in groups.

Culture Connector  What in this novel really stuck out to you as a problem that we are facing in this culture or issues students in your grade level you are facing?  Write down 2 connections and why you believe they are alike.

Word Whiz  Choose 3 words from this chapter that you were not sure of the meaning or were particularly interesting to you.  Look them up and explain why you chose them.

Passage Picker  Choose 2 passages that was particularly important to you.  Why did you choose these?  What stuck out to you in these passages that made you stop and think?

Savvy Summarizer  Read the entire chapter and summarize what exactly happened.

Artful Artist  Choose 2 especially vivid scenes that really pop for you, draw them on paper utilizing magazines, clip art, yarn, markers, anything you can find. Be creative!  Side note: To get a 10, there needs to be more than just a pen/pencil on notebook paper.

In your group...  Bring: To Kill a Mockingbird TKAM study guides Writing utensil Literature Circle worksheets

In Groups  Once you are settled into your groups, please do the following: Sit in a seat. On the paper provided write your names where you are seated. These will be your seats for the remaining of the Literature Groups.

Literature Circle  Please get into your assigned spots.  Green: Go to the back of the room by the windows.  Blue:Go to the back of the room by the bookshelf.  Red:Go to the front of the room by the pencil sharpener.  Orange: Go to the front of the room by the windows.

In Groups: Reference  Once you are settled into your groups, please do the following: Sit in a seat. On the paper provided write your names where you are seated. These will be your seats for the remaining of the Literature Groups.