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1 Introduction to Literature Circles
The Andromeda Strain

2 What are Literature Circles?
small discussion groups of students who are reading the same book each member has a job, which changes each meeting

3 Literature Circles Jobs
Discussion Director Illustrator Literary Luminary Vocabulary Enricher

4 DISCUSSION DIRECTOR: directs discussion
prepares higher-level thinking questions that lead to discussion by the group

5 ILLUSTRATOR prepares picture related to reading —sketch, cartoon, diagram, flow-chart, or stick-figure scene explains rationale

6 LITERARY LUMINARY points out important passages within the reading
interesting powerful funny puzzling important provides rationale

7 VOCABULARY ENRICHER completes vocabulary squares and learns meaning of the five words provided defines and discusses these words with the group teaches words to group

8 GROUP EVALUATION At the end of each meeting, complete a group evaluation sheet. Be honest so that you can improve the next meeting!

9 SUMMARIES Each individual student writes important events of assigned reading on notebook paper. Summaries can be written in paragraph format or bullet points. Include any questions that you had about the reading on your summary page.

10 PROCEDURES Before Meeting Complete required reading
Complete role/job sheets Complete discussion questions by due dates. Complete parts of final project

11 PROCEDURES During Meeting Discuss your role/job sheet
Talk about anything interesting, confusing, exciting, etc. (everyone MUST participate) Share thoughts about discussion questions Discuss/compare research Work on Final Project

12 PROCEDURES After/At the End of Meeting Assign jobs and role sheets
Job Wheel Complete Evaluation Sheet Group evaluation - discussion Turn in job sheets and evaluations

13 “CIRCLE TIME” - Model 15-30 minutes - share job responsibilities with group members and have an open conversation about the book 5 minutes – assign new jobs for next class meeting 10-15 minutes – share discussion question responses discuss/work on final project group evaluations

14 ASSESSMENT Based on: Role Sheets Evaluation Sheets Summaries

15 PENALTIES During your first group meeting, decide on penalties for:
Absent students Incomplete job sheets Non-participation Remember, you will lose points and/or have more work to do if other students don’t do their part.

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