05.04 - Lit Circle Text Selection

In today's class we were reviewing a selection of books for literature circles that we will be beginning next week. For this review people sat in groups and we circulated the collection of books. Everyone had time to check out the book and read the first several pages taking notes on things they liked and things they did not like. When everyone had seen all of the books, they rated which book would be their first choice, second choice, and so forth. I will use these sheets to assign people to literature circle groups.

Part of our work with literature circles will involved discussing quotes from the novels people read. We have worked with this sort of discussion already this year and took a look at making these discussions more focused and meaningful. To do this, we looked at the various approaches to quote discussion that someone can use (see handout below). For homework, everyone should complete the practice section of this handout.

Work Submitted:

• Future Exploration Conclusion (added to future exploration paper) - see last weeks work w/ conclusions for more information.

Handouts:

• Lit Circle Note Sheet
• Quote Practice

Homework:

• Complete the quote practice notesheet.

Revisions:

• Due Friday, 5/08Future Exploration project (sources, notecards, interview questions, interview notes, paper)