Reading and Job Schedule

Reading and Job Schedule

Novel Title: ______

It is your responsibility to complete your job before you meet with your literature circle. Stay on schedule, be professional, and uphold your responsibility! If you are absent, you are still accountable for your job assignment and the reading.

Lit Circle Meeting # 1: Date: ______Read Pages: ______

Discussion Director: ______

Connector/Recorder: ______

Literary Luminary: ______

Lit Circle Meeting # 2: Date: ______Read Pages: ______

Discussion Director : ______

Connector/Recorder: ______

Literary Luminary: ______

Lit Circle Meeting # 3: Date: ______Read Pages: ______

Discussion Director : ______

Connector/Recorder: ______

Literary Luminary: ______

Lit Circle Meeting # 4: Date: ______Read Pages: ______

Discussion Director : ______

Connector/Recorder: ______

Literary Luminary: ______

Lit Circle Meeting # 5: Date: ______Read Pages: ______

Discussion Director: ______

Connector/Recorder: ______

Literary Luminary: ______

Lit Circle Meeting # 6: Date: ______Read Pages: ______

Discussion Director: ______

Connector/Recorder: ______

Literary Luminary: ______

Discussion Director

Name: ______Book: ______

Assignment: page ______to page ______

Your job is to develop a list of questions that your group can discuss about this part of the novel. Your questions should be ones which require thought and get everyone talking and sharing their opinions and reactions. The best discussion questions come from your own thoughts, feelings, and concerns as you read. Do NOT write questions that call for a simple "yes" or "no" answer or a factual detail !

Order for Leading Your Group Discussion

ü Call on the Literary Luminary to read their summary.

ü Pose each one of your questions to your group for discussion

ü Ask for each member of your group to state their comment/questions about this section ofthe novel. Lead your group in response to what each person says.

ü Call on the Literary Luminary to report. Call on the Connector to report.

ü You fill out the Group Record sheet, with input from your group members

ü Call the teacher over. Be ready to discuss items on the Group Record sheet.

Types of Questions:

What did you think about...... ? (name a specific event, action, or character's action)

Why do you think that...... ?

What do you think will happen...... ? (ask for predictions of events and characters' actions)

What is happening at the part where...... ?

What do you think ______(event/incident) means?

Discussion Questions or Topics for Our Lit Circle:

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Daily Group Record Sheet

Names: ______Book: ______

Assignment: page ______to page ______

Following the group meeting, the Discussion Director will complete this form with the help of the group members.

1. Two topics which generated the most discussion today were:

2. As a group, we agreed one of the most important or intriguing passages in this section was about: (this may or may not be one that the Literary Luminary selected)

3. Group Participation Today: (1) means beginning (2) means developing (3) means focused (4) means exemplary

Member's Name / Completed Reading / Contributes
relevant info / Listens to group members / Fulfills duties

Literary Luminary

Name: ______Book: ______

Assignment: page ______to page ______Literature Circle's Name: ______

Locate 3 passages of the story that your group should reread, discuss, and think about.

ü Passages should be important things for everyone to notice, remember, or think about.
ü Choose a variety of passages, not all the same type--here are suggestions:
· surprising/startling
· confusing (something you wonder if other people "got")
· descriptive writing: figurative language, strong verbs, etc. (identify literary devices)
· important (maybe a clue? foreshadowing?)
· controversial event (elicits different opinions from group members) / During Your Group Meeting, Do the Following:
1. Make sure everyone opens to the right page and help them find where the passage begins.
2. Either read it aloud yourself, have everyone read it silently, or ask someone to read it.
3. Tell your reasons for selecting each passage; ask for comments. Do they agree with your choices?
PASSAGE / What it Means

Page ______Paragraph(s) ______The first 3 words of the paragraph are: ______

This is interesting (or puzzling) because:

An interpretation that can be made from another passage, found on Page ______, Paragraph ______is

In today's reading, a last interesting passage is on Page ______, Paragraph ______and is interesting because

Connector

Name: ______Book: ______

Assignment: page ______to page ______

Your job is to find connections between the topics or ideas in the book and your life or the world around you. After reporting, check to see if your group members agree or disagree with your connections.

1. Topic or idea: ______found on Page ______Paragraph ______

Connection to life: ______

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2. Topic or idea: ______found on Page ______Paragraph ______

Connection to life: ______

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3. Topic or idea: ______found on Page ______Paragraph ______

Connection to life: ______

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Recorder Notes

Discussion Director notes: / (topics/passages discussed)
Literary Luminary notes: / (topics/passages discussed)
Connector notes: / (topics/passages discussed

Comments:

Summary

Name: ______Book: ______

Assignment: page ______to page ______

Prepare a brief summary of today's reading. The other members of your group will be counting on you to give a summary that conveys the key points, the main highlights of today's reading assignment. It is a good idea to jot down the main events on scratch paper before you complete this form. Be sure to write your summary in complete sentences! When you have finished your summary, give this section a short title--something that captures the main idea.

My Title for the Section: ______

Summary:______

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Wordsmith

Name: ______Book: ______

Assignment: page ______to page ______

Your job is to look up definitions to unknown words on your own and create an excellent sentence using each.

1. Word: ______Page ______Paragraph ______

Sentence from the book: ______

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The definition is: : ______

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My excellent sentence is: : ______

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2. Word: ______Page ______Paragraph ______

Sentence from the book: ______

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The definition is: : ______

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My excellent sentence is: : ______

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