We started our literature circles today. The students ranked the novels based on how much they wanted to read them last Thursday. Over the weekend I put them into groups based on their novel choices. Today they found out what novel they would be reading and who they would be reading it with. They planned a reading schedule and assigned the roles that they would follow for each literature circle meeting.
Literature Circles will meet every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. From now until Easter there will be 10 days when the groups meet. Their reading assignment for that meeting must be read and their role sheet - either Circle Leader, Super Summarizer, Word Wizard, Passage Pro, and Travel Tracker (for those groups with 5 members) - must be completed. When they meet with their group they will share their role sheets and discuss what they've read. Then, as a group, they will complete the assignment in their folders. If there is time, they may start preparing for their next meeting, but I'm hoping that their discussions will go so well that they won't have time. They must take their books, schedule, and role sheets home with them everyday. It is imperative that they do their homework in preparation for each meeting.
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