Fun With Literature Circles

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Introduction to Lit Circles

Starring: Myself Script: Hi Boys and GIrls! Today I want to share a great cooperative learning strategy that can really help you understand and ENJOY literature. Literature Circles are a great way for you to learn together with your classmates. First, you will need a book that everyone in the gorup has read, or is currently reading. Next, Your teacher will assign each person in your group a job. Then, as a group, each person will do their job by sharing with the group. Remember, every job is important to make a literature circle successful! To demonstrate the different jobs, lets meet some of the 3rd graders at McBean Elementary

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Intro to the Discussion Director

Starring Desiree Script: Hello, my name is Desiree. I am the Discussion Director. My job is to make a list of questions that my group might want to discuss about the book. I make up questions that help us talk about the main ideas from the book. My job is important because I get the group talking about the story.

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Intro to the Illustrator

Starring: Brian Script: Hello, my name is Brian. I am the Illustrator. My job is to draw a picture about the book. I can draw any kind of picture that I want of something that happened in the book. My job is important because I show my group pictures that help us understand what happened in the story.

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Intro to the Summarizer

Starring: Veneesha Script: Hello, my name is Veneesha. I am the Summarizer. My job is to give my group a brief summary of the book. I start with 1-2 minutes that talks about the main ideas in the story

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Intro to the Connector

Starring: Gabby Script: Hello, my name is Gabby. I am the Connector. My job is to find connections between the book and the world. I can use things from my own life, or my community, or even the news to find connections. My job is important because I relate the book to the real world.

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Intro to the Word Wizard

Starring: Corey Script: Hello, my name is Corey. I am the Word Wizard. My job is to find words that are not familiar to me. I look up the words and share them with the group. My job is important because I help my group understand words we did not know before.

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Watch them in Action!

Starring: Myself Script: These students have done great introducing the jobs in a literature circle. Lets see them perform these jobs, starting with the Summarizer

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Book Intro , Summarizer Job

Starring: All students from Intro Summarizer introduces the book Freckle Juice by Judy Blume No script. Students have notes, and discuss freely.

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Starring: Myself Script: Okay Boys and Girls, now that we know what the story is about, lets see what our Discussion Director has in store for us!

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Starring: All students from Intro No script. Students have notes, and discuss freely.

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Starring: Myself Script: Our Discussion Director has done an excellent job of asking open ended questions! What are open ended questions, you might ask. Well, simply put, open ended questions cannot be answered with a simple yes or no! They must be answered in sentences. Remember to always be courteous to each other and take turns taking center stage. Many of these types of questions have many different answers! You never know that you will from a classmate! Now, lets check out what our Illustrator can add to the discussion.

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Starring: All students from Intro No script. Students have notes, and discuss freely.

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Starring: Myself Script: The Illustrator has done a great job showing how the boy from the story got sick! Our Connector is ready to jump in and share, so lets get back to the group!

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Starring: All students from Intro No script. Students have notes, and discuss freely.

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Starring: Myself Script: Our group is really talking now, thanks to our Connector! See how much we can learn from each other? Now lets see what our Word Wizard has in store!

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Starring: All students from Intro No script. Students have notes, and discuss freely.

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Starring: Myself See, Literature CAN be fun, and you can learn so much from your classmates. As you grow and mature, you can continue to use Literature Circles, even as adults! Books can be friends for life! That concludes our discussion about Literature Circles. Pick up a book and try one today!

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