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Literature Circles

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Differentiating, Adapting and Scaffolding

The ultimate goal is for students to collaborate in a comfortable , stimulating, and intense conversation

about great books. This is achieved over time with training and support. Listed below are recommendations to meet the meets of all students recommended by Hill, Johnson, and Schlick.

Reconfiguring Schedules

Vary the number of group meetings

Restructure Book Selection

Use picture books/poetry to introduce literature circles

Use a whole class novel at the beginning of the year

Students choose from two or three leveled books

Students choose from a larger selection of books

 

Modify assignments

Give daily deadlines and short-term goals

Develop a menu of choices to be completed weekly

Develop a contract of required work. Kids pace themselves.

Adapt Discussions

Teacher leads the literature circle discussion

Develop a system of “tickets to talk” so everyone gets equal sharing time

Teacher participates as a member of the group

Teacher sits outside the group and observes

Students lead literature circle discussions

Tape record or videotape so students can self-reflect

Guide Journal Responses

Use “post-it” notes or bookmarks to note passages to share

Model responses to the class to use past student examples

Offer choices for responses

Develop a menu of choices

Incorporate response through visual and performing arts

 


Literature Circle Assignments:

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6 Levels of Questioning

Students develop higher level questions

 

Discussion Director
To be used with group discussion, students write high-level questions, using the 6 levels of questions. 
Word Finder
Students find and define unknown or interesting vocabulary words to share
with the group.
Connector
Students connect an event in the book to an event in their own life or that of someone
they know.
 
Correspondent
Students write a letter, either from themselves to a character in the book, or from one of the book's characters to another.
Illustrator
Students illustrate a scene from the book.
Assignment Sheet
Students use this sheet to keep track of group assignments.

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