Literature+Circles

Sample Literature Circle Unit “Conflict” Literature Unit
 * 1) Theme – Conflict
 * 2) Generalizations about Conflict
 * 3) Conflict is natural and inevitable.
 * 4) Conflict comes in many forms.
 * 5) Man vs. Man
 * 6) Man vs. Nature
 * 7) Man vs. Self
 * 8) People respond to conflict in a variety of ways.
 * 9) Literature Choices
 * 10) Above-Level Choices
 * 11) Across Five Aprils (Irene Hunt)
 * 12) Johnny Tremaine (Esther Forbes)
 * 13) Rumblefish (Hinton)
 * 14) Lyddie (Patterson)
 * 15) Holes (Sachar)
 * 16) The Other Shepards (Griffin)
 * 17) On-Level Choices
 * 18) Hatchet (Gary Paulsen)
 * 19) The Fear Place (Phyllis Naylor Reynolds)
 * 20) Jason’s Gold (Hobbs)
 * 21) The Maze (Hobbs)
 * 22) Rules of the Road (Joan Baur)
 * 23) Below-Level Choices
 * 24) Lily’s Crossing (Patricia Giff)
 * 25) My Louisiana Sky (Kimberly Holt)
 * 26) So Far from the Bamboo Grove (Yoko Watkins)
 * 27) Literacy Targets
 * 28) Plot
 * 29) Theme
 * 30) Literary Elements – Conflict
 * 31) Reading Strategies
 * 32) Inferences
 * 33) Characters’ Motivations
 * 34) Characters’ Feelings
 * 35) Sequence of Events
 * 36) Facts and Opinions
 * 37) Main Ideas and Supporting Details
 * 38) Author’s Purpose/Strategies/Writing Choices
 * 39) Comparison and Contrast
 * 40) Cause and Effect
 * 41) Assessment Processes
 * 42) AR Tests
 * 43) Literacy Skills Tests (3)
 * 44) Classroom/group assigments
 * 45) Journal entries
 * 46) Conferences with students


 * 1) Learning Activities for the Unit
 * 2) Literacy Circle with weekly assignments
 * 3) Discussion Director Re-reads Questions
 * 4) DD posts 3 Questions once per week on the group’s blog.
 * 5) Group members respond to 3 Questions on the blog.
 * 6) Summary Specialist Summmarizes selection
 * 7) SS writes a 5 sentence summary before the group’s meeting to post on Edmodo.
 * 8) Group discusses plot elements using plot diagram
 * 9) SS writes group’s information on the plot diagram to upload to Edmodo.
 * 10) Group Discussion based on DD Questions
 * 11) Character King/Queen and Literary Enricher add in information
 * 12) Character King/Queen posts about one character’s traits/changes on the blog per week.
 * 13) Literary Enricher posts 4 literary features (simile, metaphor, hyperbole, visualization, idiom each week) on the wiki
 * 14) Discussion Director
 * 15) Summary Specialist
 * 16) Character King/Queen
 * 17) Literary Enrichers
 * 18) Defined Roles
 * 19) 5 Journal Entries about

[|Discussion Director] [|Context King/Queen] [|Summary Specialist] [|Literary Enricher]