Literature Circle Roles

Vocabulary Enricher/Word Wizard

Name Barbara Krueger

Circle 1

Meeting Date Thursday

Reading Assignment Chapters 5 and 6

Book The Daily 5

Vocabulary Enricher/Word Wizard: The words a writer chooses are an important ingredient of the
authors craft. Your job is to be on the lookout for a few words that have special meaning in todays
reading selection.
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Jot down puzzling or unfamiliar words while you are reading. Later, look up the definitions
in either a dictionary or some other source.
You may also run across words that stand out somehow in the reading words that are
repeated a lot, used in an unusual way, or are crucial to the meaning of the text. Mark
these special words, too, and be ready to share your ideas on their usage to the group.

Note: When
Pg. # & Paragraph
discussing vocabulary,
you should always
refer back to the text
in order to examine
the word in context.
Word
Read to Self
Page 71 paragraph
3
I PICK

Page 73 paragraph
1

Work on Writing

Page 81 Paragraph
1

Read to Someone

Page 84 Paragraph
1

Word Work

Page 85 Paragraph
1

Foundation
Lessons

All through book

and chapters

Definition

Reading to oneself,
part of the D5
foundation lessons
Picking good fit
books for
yourself/students
Working on writing
skills such as
narration
Reading to
someone else,
could also be called
buddy reading
Involves using
vocabulary and
word building
Incorporates all of
the above
strategies

Reason/Plan for
Discussion

Key in foundation
lessons
Strategy/key in
foundation lessons
Key in foundation
lessons
Key in foundation
lessons

Key in foundation
lessons
Key for our
students and for
us as educators

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