You Need to Complete Each Role Once

Literature Circles

You need to complete each role once.

Discussion Director/Facilitator: This student is responsible for writing down 5 thought-provoking questions for the purpose of group discussion based on that day’s reading assignment – to be based on themes relevant in the text.

Literary Luminary/Alternate Facilitator: This student is responsible for choosing 1-3 selections of the text that he/she finds an important or illuminating selection in regards to plot, theme, or symbolism and will read out loud to the group. The idea is to help students remember some interesting, powerful, puzzling, or important sections of the text being read. The Literary Luminary must decide which passages or paragraphs are worth reading aloud, and justify the reason for selecting them in writing.

Connector: This student is responsible for finding connections between the text his/her group is reading and the outside world. This means connecting the reading to the following:

· his/her own life,

· happenings at school or in the community,

· similar events at other times and places,

· other books or stories, other writings on the same topic, or other writings by the same author.

Character Captain: This student is responsible for revealing specific personality traits of the character(s) within the novel. Choose a specific character for each reading. Find selections from the text that describe and analyze the character:

· physically,

· language usage/patterns that are specific to the character,

· personality,

· actions/thoughts that reveal traits specific to the character, and

· reactions from other characters (what those reactions say about the chosen character as well as the ones reacting)

Write down the text selections and write a short (3-5 sentences) reflection on what these descriptions mean/why the author describes the character as he/she does.

Artful Adventurer: This student is responsible for sharing 1-2 artistic representations of the material read. Avenues for expression may include: artwork in any medium, music, poetry, collage, music, mobile or anything else which represents an aspect of the material read. Alternatively, this student can create or download an image that relates to thematic or otherwise important imagery/symbolism found in the text. The image must be recreated on a 8x11.5 sheet of paper with the quoted passage underneath and a written explanation of why you chose that image.

Vocabulary Enricher: This student is responsible for finding especially important vocabulary in the story (at least 5 words). Vocabulary selected should focus on words that are unfamiliar, interesting, important, repetitive, funny, puzzling, descriptive, vivid or those used in an unusual way.

Assignment Chart:

Date / Discussion Director / Literary Luminary / Connector / Character Captain / Artful Adventurer / Vocabulary Enricher

Discussion Director/Facilitator Pages ______

Thematic Central Questions:

Literary Luminary/Alternate Facilitator Pages______

Passage 1 and reason for choosing:

Passage 2 and reason for choosing:

Connector Pages ______

Historical connection:

School based connection:

Personal connection:

Literature connection:

Character Captain Pages______(development of character, responses to actions, etc)

Character______
physically, language usage/patterns that are specific to the character, personality, actions/thoughts that reveal traits specific to the character, and reactions from other characters (what those reactions say about the chosen character as well as the ones reacting)

Artful Adventurer Pages______(8.5x11 or larger, detailed, appropriate)

Vocabulary Enricher Pages ______(5 or more words, definition, sentences with proper use)

INDIVIDUALLY:

Reader’s Journal. Every night, you will maintain a reader’s journal. Make two columns down a sheet of paper. On the left, write down any quotes that: (include page numbers).

· relate to your assigned role,

· any sections you do not understand or that you find meaningful as they section relates to theme, characterization, characteristics of Realism or Naturalism or other historical significance, or

· simply sections that you find important or meaningful to you.

On the right, explain the importance of the quote; why you wrote the quote down or how it relates to the above bullets.

Quotes Explanation

Dates:

Quote (pg Number) Explanation of quote

Additionally,

You will comment on your reading at least twice on the forum thread for your novel. You may comment on the reading or on another person’s interpretation of the reading.