Teaching tools. Scaffold Independent Reading with Narrative Text. How to Set Up Literature Circles. For High School Classrooms How To Set Up Literature Circles Best Time of Year for Literature Circles: Literature Circles work well ANY time of the year.
Honestly, though, I use them the last six weeks of school. The students feel confident of the "safety" of the classroom environment as a place for writing and reading analysis by then. Offering literature circles at this point helps me, as a professional, to "fill-in-the-blanks" for college preparatory high school students.
Forming Groups: Literature Circles can be formed by students themselves agreeing upon a book to read, but teacher-chosen groups prevent problems such as the students no one wants in their group getting excluded, off-task behavior, and groups formed with all high or all low ability students. I ask students to give me the names of several students (both male and female) in the class that they would work well with. Literature circles with 3-5 members work well. Choosing Books: Intergrating Writing Strategies with Literature Circles. For High School Classrooms Integrating Writing Strategies with Literature Circles Thousands of books are available as choices for literature circles.
Developing a variety of literature circle activity folders can be overwhelming unless the teacher has a bank of generic writing ideas that will work with a wide range of novels. Here is bank of writing activities that will work for many literature circles. 1. 2. 3. 4. I then ask the students to choose 2-3 images of symbols that represent the book and to make stencils of these images. Using the stencils, the students then draw 20-25 shapes on construction paper, cut them out, and list the important novel events on the shapes. 5. Literature Learning Ladders. Literature Circles involve a small group of students exploring a piece of literature in depth.
Although you'll find lots of books and articles on the Literature Circles, there are many ways to implement the strategies across grade levels and subject areas. Think of literature circles as one element of a balanced literacy program rather than "the solution. " In most cases, the application of literature circles evolves over time as students and teachers become more experienced readers. Check out the off-site resources by Katherine L. Schlick Noe titled Overview of Literature Circles. The Approach This learner-centered approach focuses on students' responses to the literature they read. The goal of literature circles is enthusiastic, natural, informal conversation that encourages a life-long love of reading. Reading Guides. The Stacks for Kids. Reading Comprehension Connection: Start a Sample Lesson! Premiers' Reading Challenge - Home - Reading Challenge. <div class='noindex'>You may be trying to access this site from a secured browser on the server.
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