• Novel Groups (aka literature circles)

    When:  every Thursday, starting into trimester two, until the end of the year

     

    Who:  small groups of students from the class

     

    What:  will choose and read the same novel in no more than 4 weeks and discuss it            

                on Thursday during novel group meetings; IDN post-its required in books

     

    Where:  class R & R time, (every day but Thursday) and at home, to get reading done

     

    Why:  to expose students to a wider variety of materials

                to have students take part in discussions about their reading with text support

                to demonstrate the skills of strong readers through discussion and writing

                READING IS AMAZING

     

    How:  students will record examples from their discussions; I will be walking around

                listening to and adding their talks; an individual written response will be completed

                after the book is completed (one week to complete)

     

    Grades come from: 

    1.     group discussion notes

    2.     individual IDN (Internal Dialogue Notes) post-it notes: 1:3 ratio

    3.     individual reader’s response which is a written paper generated from a list of prompts

                (will be posted in the gradebook and my website)