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Literature Circles & Book Speed Dating. Intro to Lit Circles. What are literature circles?. Students choose their own reading materials Small temporary groups are formed, based upon book choice Different groups read different books
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Literature Circles & Book Speed Dating Intro to Lit Circles
What are literature circles? • Students choose their own reading materials • Small temporarygroups are formed, based upon book choice • Different groups read different books • Groups meet on a regular, predictable schedule to discuss their reading • Kids use written or drawn notes to guide both their reading and discussion • Discussion topics come from the students • Group meetings aim to be open, natural conversations about books, so personal connections, digressions, and open-ended questions are welcome • In newly-forming groups, students may play a rotating assortment of task roles • The teacher serves as a facilitator, not a group member or instructor.
What is speed dating? • Multiple singles meet in an organized place. • Each single man/woman spends a very short amount of time talking to another man/woman. When time is called (about 5 minutes), singles switch who they are talking to. • At the end of the event, people get the information of who they are interested in.
What does this have to do with literature circles? • We are going to use speed dating so that you can get acquainted with your book choices for this semester • We will follow the same process as speed dating • You will rank the books at the end in order of how interested you are in them • I will pair you up with one of your top three choices (hopefully your first)
Lit Circle Discussion Examples • Clip Three: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAOd1zXlo30 • Clip Two: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IgrTtIEq8E • Clip Three: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7f9kD9kik0
Literature Circle Roles • The Connector • The Secretary • The Discussion Liaison • The Quote Connoisseur • The Artist • The Word Whiz
The Connector • This person will be responsible for making three types of connections with the text in preparation for the meeting: • Text to Text: comparing the book you are discussing to another book/story/movie • Text to World: comparing the book you are discussing to a real-world issue • Text to Self: comparing the book you are discussing to your life experiences
The Secretary • This person keeps track of the discussion about the book • Responsible for keeping track of how many times people participate • Responsible for recording the key points talked about during the discussion session
The Discussion Liaison • This person is responsible for initiating discussion • This person will come up with five INSIGHTFUL questions about the part of the book that you were assigned to read • This means questions that require more than a one-word answer! • This person is also responsible for making sure the discussion flows nicely
The Quote Connoisseur • This person is responsible for choosing three quotes that they found interesting while reading the required part of the text • They will explain why these quotes in particular were intriguing/ meaningful
The Artist • This person is (you guessed it) responsible for choosing a key scene from the section that his or her group was required to read and drawing it • They must provide a written explanation for why they chose that particular scene
The Word Whiz • This person is responsible for choosing five words from the required section • The person will list the word, where it is used in the text, and what it means
ALL Members Must Contribute to Discussion to Receive Full Credit!!!