Literature Circle Models. After experimenting for many years, I discovered an approach that's easy, fun, and effective.
I refer to it as Classroom Book Clubs because it's a more relaxed method of doing Literature Circles that doesn't involve roles. You can view a narrated slidecast to this model by scrolling down to the Classroom Book Clubs section. On this page you can also learn about different types of Literature Circles. I've had some success with all the models below, but all models haven't been successful with all groups of students.
Read through the various descriptions and find something that feels right to you. The Reader's Notebook. Inferencing Mini Lessons. These lessons were modified and modeled from ideas in Strategies that Work by Harvey and Goudvis and Reading With Meaning by Miller.
I am currently working on my Masters. One of my projects for a class was to create this HUGE unit using the Understanding By Design Backward Planning Model. I decided to create a unit about inferencing because this is an area I struggled with last year and was not really pleased with how I pulled it all together. Reader's Workshop. This website is designed and maintained by Karen A.
McDavid © 2004. Ideas, content, activities, and documents for this website are copyrighted by Karen A. McDavid and should not be copied or downloaded without permission. Comprehension Strategies - Making connections, questioning, inferring, determining importance, and more. From Strategies That Work, Mosaic of Thought, and Reading with Meaning, this page gives you information on the six comprehension strategies known as making connections, questioning, visualizing, inferring, determining importance, and synthesizing.
How to conduct a Literature Circle. Wordsmyth - The Premier Educational Dictionary - Thesaurus. Homepage. Vocabulary Games and Resources. ReadWorks.org.