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26 Distribute books Missing Voices Final Meeting Time

27 Book Presentations Hint:  Read ahead and take notes to not be bothered with this next week.

28 Book Presentations

29 Book Presentations

Literature Circles Final Project

Literature Circles:

Each section below is meant to be delivered on the day you are assigned to present the book you have read and your findings.  You should plan on addressing each section of the project, marked by the underline.  You may use the technology aspect to enhance your presentation or your passage, or you may use it as a stand-alone aspect.

Presentation:

1.)    Present your book before the class.

2.)    Give a summary of the book (without exposing the end of the book)

3.)    Share  the research you have produced in literature circles (you may want to focus on a particular point or several facts which you feel the group should know to better understand your work.)

4.)    Share some of the Connections with the larger world that you made as a group.

5.)   What are some of the themes, big picture ideas that this books conveys?

Technology:

1.)    Use a piece of technology to add to your presentation of the work. This may include, but is not limited to:

a.       Glogster

b.      Google Earth

c.       Animotti

d.      Windows Moviemaker / Imovie

e.       Tagxedo/wordle

                                        i.      If you use one of these, please add more to your explanation or add to its use in the class.

f.        Powerpoint

Passage

1.)    Choose a passage or several that you feel encapsulate(s) the work and expresses the major ideas.

2.)    Presentation of the passage: You may choose to present your passage in several different manners listed below (or one of your own creating):

a.       Socratic Seminar:

                                                                           i.      Read the passage, or several passages, and have students discuss the passage in small group settings. (Please design question(s) to aide in discussion)

b.      Reader’s Theater

                                                                           i.      Students will act out the passage(s) and then discuss what the passage felt like or expressed.

c.       Read, Journal, Share

                                                                           i.      Students will read the passage, journal on it and then express their thoughts in small groups.

d.      Connections

                                                                           i.      Read the passage and have students relate the passage to their own lives/experiences/knowledge and share in small groups.

End:  Would you recommend this books to others and why?

Bhangra

Please take a moment and comment on your experience in today's class learning the dance steps to a Bhangra Dance - A tradional north indian dance.

Here are some examples of dance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BxMMQs-6nQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbLxMIaTvL0


Please be sure to thank Anurag and Cherag for donating their time and experience to the class.

Jobs for Literature Circles

Connector:

Group Name:________________________________

Name: ______________

Book:  _______________

Assignment:  _____p. - _____p.

Connector: your job is to find connections between the book and you, and between the book and the wider world. This means connecting the treading to your own past experiences, to happenings at the school, or in the community, to stories in the news, to similar events at other times and places, to other people or problems that you are reminded of. You may also see connections between this book and other writings on the same topic or by the same author.

Some Connections I made between this reading and my own experiences, the wider world and other texts or authors:

From Literature Circles: Voice and Choice in Book Clubs and Reading Groups, 2d edition, by Harvey Daniels. Copyright 2002. Stenhouse Publishers
Questioner:

Group Name:________________________________

Name: ______________

Book:  _______________

Assignment:  _____p. - _____p.

Questioner: your job is write down a few questions that you have about this part of the book. What were you wondering about while you were reading? Did you have questions about what was happening? What a word meant? What a character did? What going to happened next? Why the author used a certain style? Or what the whole thing meant? Just try to notice what you are wondering while you read, and jot down some of those questions either along the way or after you’ve finished.

Questions about today’s Reading”

  

From Literature Circles: Voice and Choice in Book Clubs and Reading Groups, 2d edition, by Harvey Daniels. Copyright 2002. Stenhouse Publishers
Literary Luminary:

Group Name:________________________________

Name: ______________

Book:  _______________

Assignment:  _____p. - _____p.

Literary Luminary:  You job is to locate a few special sections or quotations in the text for your group to talk over. The idea is to help people go back to some especially interesting, powerful, funny, puzzling, or important sections of the reading and think about them more carefully. As you decide which passages or paragraph are worth going back to, make a note why you picked each one. Then jot down some of the plans for how they should be shared You can read passages aloud yourself, ask someone else to read them, or have people read them silently and then discuss.

Page # & Paragraph                               Reason’s for Picking                                                Plan for Discussion

From Literature Circles: Voice and Choice in Book Clubs and Reading Groups, 2d edition, by Harvey Daniels. Copyright 2002. Stenhouse Publishers
Illustrator:

Group Name:________________________________

Name: ______________

Book:  _______________

Assignment:  _____p. - _____p.

Illustrator: Good Readers make pictures in their minds as they read. This is a chance to share some of your own images and visions. Draw some kind of picture related to the reading you have just done. It can be a sketch, cartoon, diagram, flowchart, or stick-figure scene. You can draw a picture of something that happened in your book, or a something that the reading reminded you of, or a picture that conveys any idea or feeling you got from the reading. Any kind of drawing or graphic is  okay  you can even label thins with words if that helps.

Presentation :  Whenever it fits the conversation, show your drawing to the group. You don’t necessarily have to explain it. You can let people speculate what your picture means, so they can connect your drawings to their own ideas about the reading.

  

From Literature Circles: Voice and Choice in Book Clubs and Reading Groups, 2d edition, by Harvey Daniels. Copyright 2002. Stenhouse Publishers
Researcher:

Group Name:________________________________

Name: ______________

Book:  _______________

Assignment:  _____p. - _____p.

Researcher: You job is to dig up some of the background information on any topic related to your book. This might include:

            The geography, weather, culture, or history of the books’ setting.

Information about the author, his/her life, and other works.

Information about the time period portrayed in the book

Pictures, objects or materials that illustrate elements of the book the history and derivation of words or names used in the book

Music that reflects the book or the time.

This is not a formal research report. The idea is to find some information or materials that help your group understand the book better. Investigate something that really interested you – something that struck you has puzzling or curious while you were reading.

Some Connections I made between this reading and my own experiences, the wider world and other texts or authors:

From Literature Circles: Voice and Choice in Book Clubs and Reading Groups, 2d edition, by Harvey Daniels. Copyright 2002. Stenhouse Publishers

Calendar for Lit. Circles

Literature Circles:                                                                                                                                               Calendar of Reading:

Group:___________________________________________

March 28 “Third and Final Continent”	March 29 Interpreter of Maladies Discussion	March 30 Read to: ________ Tasks: Connector: _____ Questioner:_________ Literary Luminary: ________ Optional: Illustrator:_______ Researcher:______	March 31 BHANGRA	April 1
April 4 Paper to be turned in. Read to: ________ Tasks: Connector: _____ Questioner:_________ Literary Luminary: ________ Optional: Illustrator:_______ Researcher:______	April 5 Introduce Term 4 project	April 6	April 7 Read to: ________ Tasks: Connector: _____ Questioner:_________ Literary Luminary: ________ Optional: Illustrator:_______ Researcher:______	April 8 End of Term 3
April 11 Read to: ________ Tasks: Connector: _____ Questioner:_________ Literary Luminary: ________ Optional: Illustrator:_______ Researcher:______	April 12	April 13 Final Day Read to: ________ Tasks: Connector: _____ Questioner:_________ Literary Luminary: ________ Optional: Illustrator:_______ Researcher:______

Schedule for the Remainder of the Week.

Wednesday March 30, 2011
      Please be prepared for you lit circles.  You should have completed 15% of the text.

Thursday March 31, 2011
     Please dress appropriately and have appropriate footware for .BHANGRA!

Monday April 4, 2011
     Your one page write up for Interpreter of Maladies will be collected. Quotes are not a necessity, though to be considered for an A, you should have a quote.
    Rememeber to bring your book for collection.

C Block

Below is a listing of assignments for the upcoming week.
Monday:              
   1.) Please take a moment to review the following quote from "The Third and Final Continent"

           "Everybody feel he must get to the top.  Don't expect an English cup of tea."
            [a quote from an American tour book used by the main character to describe the US]

Tuesday:
     1.) Final discussion on Interpretor of Maladies
                a.) We will have small in class discussions on the novel and your ideas on the materials.
               b.) Assignment: Take one topic from your discussion, expand upon it, and create a one page typed double spaced piece discussing your take on the materials or defending your opinion.

                                Special Notes:  Quotes are not required, but must be used to be considered for an A. Remember if you did not complete the Socratic Seminar, you must write a half page response on a separate topic to make up the work.

  Wednesday
          1.) First Literature Circle Meeting. 
                 Please be sure to bring your book and to be at least 15% done with the book.