1. Literature Circles
Grade 9

2. What is a Literature Circle?
Choose and talk about a book of your choice (sadly limited by me)
Chance to work independently while reading and completing assignments
A chance to work with a group to make connections (synthesize!) between the novel and videos we watch, poems we read, quotes or articles we analyze, etc…
A chance to talk to your group members to learn more about what is happening in your novel
A chance to discuss your novel with a group of your peers
YOU MUST READ ONE NOVEL BUT YOU CAN READ MORE THAN ONE.

3. What Am I Expected to Do? READ TALK WRITE ANALYZE WORK INDEPENDENTLY
COLLABORATE WITH YOUR PEERS

4. What Am I Expected to Do?
Reading 1
Speaking 2
Writing 3

5. What is the Link between these Novels?
What are the consequences of our choices? How do our choices shape our personality? Why do we question our own choices? How do our choices impact other people?

6. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot Heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which is based on the author's own experiences, coupled with poignant drawings by Ellen Forney that reflect the character's art, chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy as he attempts to break away from the life he was destined to live With a forward by Markus Zusak, interviews with Sherman Alexie and Ellen Forney, and four-color interior art throughout, this edition is perfect for fans and collectors alike.
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7. ZomBoy
From the imagination of one of Canada’s funniest writers comes the story of a young zombie who is integrated into a regular classroom in southern Ontario. Clashes, heroics and hilarity ensue as the community’s tolerance for difference— and narrator Bob's tolerance for an undead rival—are pushed to the limit in this exciting and surprisingly touching novel.
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8. Little Brother
Marcus aka “w1n5t0n,” is only seventeen years old, but he figures he already knows how the system works–and how to work the system. Smart, fast, and wise to the ways of the networked world, he has no trouble outwitting his high school’s intrusive but clumsy surveillance systems But his whole world changes when he and his friends find themselves caught in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco. In the wrong place at the wrong time, Marcus and his crew are apprehended by the Department of Homeland Security and whisked away to a secret prison where they’re mercilessly interrogated for days When the DHS finally releases them, his injured best friend Darryl does not come out. The city has become a police state where every citizen is treated like a potential terrorist. He knows that no one will believe his story, which leaves him only one option: "M1k3y" will take down the DHS himself.
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