Students have chosen their last book of the year to complete in Literature Circles- either The Watsons go to Birmingham- 1963, Holes, Wringer, Ella Enchanted, True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, Where the Red Fern Grows, or Chasing Vermeer. The jobs have changed a bit, so here are updated descriptions. Each group has created a calendar on their own, learning how to schedule their time and split a larger job (reading a 200+ page book) into chunks. Students rotate through the jobs each time we have the Chromebook cart in class. All books will be completed by June 12, and all blog jobs (along with comments on partners’ blogs) should be completed by the 14th of June.
| Job | Description |
| Group Leader | Develop three open-ended discussion questions about today’s reading and post them on your blog.
· Each of the other group members should respond to the post with their answers/thoughts on the questions. RESPOND to each of your group members posts that answered you. Do you agree with their answers? Let them know! Explain if you disagree and why. |
| Literary Device Locator | List 3 examples of simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia, idiom…from the days reading on your blog. Include page # and type of literary device.
· Other group members can comment with another that you didn’t include on your list that jumped out to them. RESPOND if your partners’ examples aren’t quite right. You gave them three to get them started now check their answers! |
| Connector | Your Job is to post to your blog three connections between the day’s reading and other books/articles we’ve read this year or to quotes or warm-ups that we have talked about, or to something that has happened to you or your friends outside of school. Be sure to explain what part of the book your memory connects to!
· Other group members should each comment with a connection of their own. RESPOND to their connections! Have a conversation with them through your blog! |
| Summarizer | Write a three sentence summary of the day’s reading and post onto your blog.
· Each partner should comment with one additional detail that wasn’t in the summary. |
| Word Wizard | Choose three challenging words from this days reading selection and post them on your blog along with their definitions and parts of speech.
· Other group members should choose one of your three words and write a haiku about it showing its meaning. · Haikus are simplistic Asian forms of poetry. They have THREE lines only. · First line must have exactly FIVE SYLLABLES. · Second line must have exactly SEVEN SYLLABLES. · Third line should have exactly FIVE SYLLABLES. |
| Artistic Adventurer | Good readers make pictures in their minds as they read. This is a chance to share some of your own images and visions. Draw a picture related to the reading you have just done. You can draw a picture of something that happened in your book, or something the reading reminded you of, or a picture that conveys an idea or feeling you got from the reading. It can be a sketch, cartoon, diagram, flowchart, or stick figure scene. Any kind of picture or drawing is ok. You can label your drawing with words if that helps you express your meaning.
Requirements: To receive full credit, your picture must
Present Picture: · Don’t start by explaining your picture. · Let the group ponder what you drew and what gave you the idea for it. This is a good sharing technique because it allows other people to connect to your drawing in their own way. After everyone has had a say, you can always have the last word: tell them what your picture means, where it came from, or what it represents to you. |
Job Assignment dates (page numbers vary by book)
Job 1- May 20
Job 2- May 25
Job 3- May 27
Job 4- June 3
Job 5- June 7
Job 6- June 9
Job 7- June 13