Literature+Circles


 * Literature Circles Homework Assignment**
 * LITERATURE CIRCLES: Overview of 6th graders and [|Literature Circles], including [|role descriptions], [|**role sheets** (this is for your Book Activity 8 - select your role from the list and note the assignment)] and a [|scoring guide]
 * **Here are the Literature Role Sheets for you** - in one Microsoft Word Document. [[file:Lit Circle Role Sheets.doc]]

Other Literature Circle Resources:
 * Some role sheets and descriptions for younger students are available from the [|Mosaic of Thought Listserv Tools Site]
 * For more information about to effectively conduct literature circles with your students, you can read: "**//Help, What is Wrong with These Literature Circles and How Can We Fix Them?//**" by Lane Clarke and Jennifer Holwadel [[file:Clarke Howlwadel RT2007.pdf]]
 * [|Wikipedia entry]with examples of additional student roles and resources
 * [|Characters from Maniac Magee]: By 5th graders in Forest Hill, Illinois
 * Elements of Author's Craft (style): point of view; structure; language; and voice
 * [|Elements of Author's Craft: Narrative and Expository] (from CAST)
 * [|Scholastic's Author's Craft]
 * 6th grade activities to foster understanding of author's craft (download pdf) [[file:6th - author's craft.pdf]]
 * Inside Angela's 4th grade Classroom:[| Teaching Conventions in Content: Author's Craft Study]