Job Assignments for Literature Circles
List below the group members who will be responsible for each job. Each week’s BookPic must be uploaded to the group’s Padlet page by the due date to be considered completed. Then, you must comment on AT LEAST 2 of your group member’s posts BY the next day. If you come to class without your BookPic posted on time more than once, you will be removed from your group.
WEEK 1 (Due )
Questioner:______
Passage Picker:______
Literary Locator: ______
Character Analysis: ______
Word Wizard:______
Travel Tracker:______
WEEK 2 (Due)
Questioner:______
Passage Picker:______
Literary Locator: ______
Character Analysis: ______
Word Wizard:______
Travel Tracker:______
WEEK 3 (Due)
Questioner:______
Passage Picker:______
Literary Locator: ______
Character Analysis: ______
Word Wizard:______
Travel Tracker:______
WEEK 4 (Due )
Questioner:______
Passage Picker:______
Literary Locator: ______
Character Analysis: ______
Word Wizard:______
Travel Tracker:______
Name:______Week#______
Chapters ______to ______
***ROUGH DRAFT***
Literary Locater
Your job is to locate, record, and explain examples of literary devices. Look for things like simile, metaphor, personification, symbolism,hyperbole, irony, onomatopoeia, foreshadowing, allusion, mood, imagery, etc…
Your BookPic should highlight examples of meaningful literary devices and you should provide explanation of how this literary device impacts the reading. Spelling, punctuation, and grammar count!
Draft of ideas of literary devices for BookPic:
- Page______Quote “______
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This is an example of ______because ______
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- Page______Quote “______
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This is an example of ______because ______
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- Page______Quote “______
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This is an example of ______because ______
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- Page______Quote “______
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This is an example of ______because ______
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Name:______Week#______
Chapters ______to ______
***ROUGH DRAFT***
Word Wizard
You are the Word Wizard. Your job is to take a BookPic of a word that is either unfamiliar to you, a word that is higher level vocabulary, or a word that helps better enhance the reading. Include text with the correct definition (as it is used in context) for the word. Spelling, punctuation, and grammar count!
Draft of words to consider for BookPic:
- Word______Page #______
Definition: ______
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Sentence from novel: “______
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- Word______Page #______
Definition: ______
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Sentence from novel: “______
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- Word______Page #______
Definition: ______
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Sentence from novel: “______
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- Word______Page #______
Definition: ______
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Sentence from novel: “______
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- Word______Page #______
Definition: ______
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Sentence from novel: “______
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Name:______Week#______
Chapters ______to ______
***ROUGH DRAFT***
Travel Tracker
You are the Travel Tracker. In a book where characters can change scenes frequently, it is important for everyone in your group to know where things are happening, how the setting may have changed, and how the setting impacts the plot and characters. Even if the scenery doesn’t change much, the setting is still a very important part of the story. Your job is to track where the action takes place. Take a BookPic of where the setting impacts the story the most in this week’s section. Describe each how the setting has impacted the week’s reading, the characters, and the plot. Spelling, punctuation, and grammar count!
Draft for BookPic:
Where is the section of the story taking place?
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How does the setting impact the scene?
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Where do you think this could lead the characters?
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Name: ______Week#______
Chapters: ______to ______
***ROUGH DRAFT***
Character Analyst
Your job is to analyze the characters in this week’s reading. You need to look into the character traits they are exhibiting throughout the reading. Your thoughts on the characters will help prompt discussion and a deeper understanding of the text for your group members.
You will need to highlight the character’s name, your analysis of the character for that week’s reading, and evidence of where you felt the character was exhibiting such traits. Remember to think deeper about the character as a person, who has changing emotions, ideas, and actions. Your BookPic should also include a label of DIRECT or INDIRECT characterization.
Direct Characterization: Character trait is RIGHT THERE, directly stated in the text.
Indirect Characterization: You have to INFER the character trait.
Draft of ideas for Characterization for BookPics:
- Character: ______
Analysis of Character:______
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Page#______Evidence to support my analysis: “______
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Type of Characterization (Direct OR Indirect):______
- Character: ______
Analysis of Character:______
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Page#______Evidence to support my analysis: “______
______”.
Type of Characterization (Direct OR Indirect):______
- Character: ______
Analysis of Character:______
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Page#______Evidence to support my analysis: “______
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Type of Characterization (Direct OR Indirect):______
Passage Picker
**ROUGH DRAFT**
Name:______Week #______
Novel:______
Pages ______to ______
You are the passage picker. Your job is to pick the most important event of this week’s reading. Your BookPic should depict an event that was the most meaningful during the weeks reading. Spelling, punctuation, and grammar count!
Draft ideas for BookPic here:
Page: ______
#1 Event: ______
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Why it’s important: ______
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Page: ______
#2 Event: ______
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Why it’s important: ______
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Page: ______
#3 Event: ______
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Why it’s important: ______
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Name:______Week#______
Chapters ______to ______
***ROUGH DRAFT***
QUESTIONER
Your job as questioner is to think about the important events that happened during this week’s chapters and take a BookPic of a page where you can ask the most thought provoking question of the week’s chapters. Make sure that your question(s)are written in complete sentences. Your question(s) should test whether someone understood the important things that happened in your book this week. Spelling, punctuation, and grammar count!
Draft of questions for BookPic here:
- Q: ______
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- Q: ______
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- Q: ______
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- Q: ______
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- Q: ______
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