Lit Circles continued

  • No Red Ink: Commas
  • Your group should be nearing completion of the book
  • Make a plan to be finished by Friday, you may have to book time to come in at lunch if you are behind.
  • Mr. Barazzuol here Thursday
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Lit Circles Section 2

  • Acknowledgement
  • If you have group members who were absent yesterday, but present today, take a few minutes to debrief them on the first section.  If you miss a discussion, you are still responsible for the missed work.
  • Finish reading Section 2.  Make sure you review the new role BEFORE you begin reading, there are sticky notes at the front, help yourself!
  • Prepare work for discussion #2, it should be in the second half of today’s class or first thing tomorrow.

Lit Circles Discussion #1

  • Acknowledgement
  • Sit with your lit circle groups
  • Self assessment for Lit circles
  • Check in with your group: You may take 20-30 minutes to finish up notes, and get ready for discussion.
  • Summarizer begins by setting the stopwatch.  Summarizer shares his/her summary and questions.  Take turns with questions, do you have more?
  • Literary luminary directs group to page #s.  Read passage, share connection, add to it.
  • C shares illustrations, setting details, travel tracer.
  • Word Wizard, directs group to the words, read in context.
  • When discussion is done, fill out self assessment and set 1 achievable goal for the next discussion.
  • Rotate roles and begin reading.

Lit Circles

  • Check in with your group, some of you will be having a discussion today, try to if possible.
  • Read the next Section (7 or 8)  and plan for next discussion
  • Mr. Barazzuol will be here Thursday to introduce Lego Stop Motion project, so your group should be finished or close to finishing novel by the end of the week.