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READING CIRCLES

READING CIRCLES. Collaborative reading & work project. GENERAL AIMS OF THIS PROJECT. INDIVIDUAL AIMS : To read the book and fully understand it while you work on your individual tasks . COLLABORATIVE AIMS : To Communicate effectively To Comment on To connect To ask

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READING CIRCLES

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  1. READING CIRCLES Collaborativereading & workproject

  2. GENERAL AIMS OF THIS PROJECT INDIVIDUAL AIMS: • To readthebook and fullyunderstanditwhileyouwork on yourindividual tasks. COLLABORATIVE AIMS: • To Communicateeffectively • To Comment on • To connect • To ask • To discuss • To evaluate

  3. GROUPS We are going to create different groups. • Each group is going to have 4 members. • Each member of the group is going to have a different role.

  4. ROLES • The discussion leader • The summarizer • The word master and culture collector • The passage person

  5. What is the job of each role? The Discussion Leader has to: • Ask questions to start the Reading Circle discussion. • Make sure everyone speaks and joins the discussion. • Guide or lead the discussion and keep it going.

  6. The Word Master & CultureCollectorhas to: • Look for differences and similarities between his/her own culture or other stories he/she has read and the culture in the story and his /her personal or close experiences. • Tell the group about the connections and ask them questions about any other cultural points in the story. • Look for words or short phrases that are new or difficult to understand or that are important in the story. • Explain the meanings of these words in simple English to the group.

  7. The Passage Person has to: • Find important, interesting or difficult passages. • Make notes about the (two or three) passages that are important for the plot or that explain the characters or that have very interesting or powerful language. • Read each passage to the group. • Ask the group one or two questions about each passage.

  8. ORGANIZATION • Each group has 4 different members with a different role. • The students with the same role work together. • Once they finish their work together they go back to the main group to discuss, share and comment their information.

  9. ORGANIZATION – STEP 0- GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3 DISCUSSION LEADER SUMMARIZER WORD MASTER + CULTURE COLLECTOR PASSAGE PERSON DISCUSSION LEADER SUMMARIZER WORD MASTER + CULTURE COLLECTOR PASSAGE PERSON DISCUSSION LEADER SUMMARIZER WORD MASTER + CULTURE COLLECTOR PASSAGE PERSON

  10. ORGANIZATION – STEP 1 –Groups with the same roles DISCUSSION LEADERS (from all the groups) SUMMARIZERS (from all the groups) WORD MASTERS + CULTURE COLLECTORS (from all the groups) PASSAGE PERSONS (from all the groups)

  11. ORGANIZATIONSTEP 2 FILL IN THE WORKSHEET TO GATHER INFORMATION STEP 3 Go back to your ORIGINAL GROUP: discuss, share and comment your information.

  12. ORGANIZATION – STEP 4- Fill in thesum-up worksheetwiththe most relevantaspects of thechapter/story: The plot pyramid The theme The time and place The analysis of characters The cultural information and connections The language ALL THE GROUPS WORK TOGETHER

  13. ORGANIZATION – STEP 5 - Final project: Group project: Each group creates a specific project with the most relevant information. Individual project: Write texts about different aspects of the story to be published on the school web page.

  14. ORGANIZATION – Self-evaluation + evaluation of other people’s work and attitudes.

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