Literature Circles

Students have now been assigned to a Literature Circle or "Book Club" group and book and have been given a month long assignment.  This is a very large project and the students need to work on this project every night by reading the assigned chapters, writing down a few notes (characters, setting, events) for each chapter, and completing the written work expectations by Friday each week.  Next week, as January 17th is a Pro D Day, readings and written work should be completed by Thursday January 16th.  

On the due date, students will meet with their groups and go through their completed work by asking a question, answer questions, talking about vocabulary, and discussing characters.  

The final aspect of this project is the creative choice piece.  Each week, students will pick one option from the list, below, to demonstrate what they have read in a more creative way.  There are a number of choices and I am open to other creative ideas as well.

Lit. Circle Groups, Books, and assigned weekly readings:

Group Members	Book	Readings for January 10, 2014	Readings for January 16, 2014	Readings for January 24, 2014	Readings for January 31, 2014
Maya, Reyanna, Kirthiga, Lina	The Breadwinner	Chapter 1 – 3	Chapter 4 – 7	Chapter 8 – 11	Chapter 12 - 15
Gloria, Raeiti, Sky, Nikki	Diamonds in the Shadow	Chapter 1 – 3	Chapter 4 – 7	Chapter 8 – 11	Chapter 12 – 14
Cody, Cyrus, Nakoa, Vitor, Thomas	We All Fall Down	Chapter 1 – 3	Chapter 4 – 7	Chapter 8 – 11	Chapter 12 – 15
Dyan, Ryan L., Jacob, Marcus, Ryan S., RJ	Elephant Run	Chapter 1 – 8	Chapter 9 – 16	Chapter 17 – 24	Chapter 25 – 32
Keanu, Chris, Nikkolas, Hassan, Eyobel	Wave	Chapter 1 – 4	Chapter 5 – 9	Chapter 10 – 14	Chapter 15 – 19
Paul, Calvin, Aaron, Riley, Evan	Blood Red Road	Chapter 1 – 3	Chapter 4 – 5	Chapter 6 – 7	Chapter 8 - 9

The written and creative work is going to take time management and organization.  Each student has been given a package with all the information and space to complete the assignments each week.

This is the link to the assignment HERE.

This is the link to the creative choice list.