Online Literature

Circles

Ms. Sonnenberg’s Super Smarts!

Literature study circles confirm that reading is a social activity. In literature

study circles, students expand their perspectives through conversation and

debate.”G. DeBlase

Questions:

How does the protagonist overcome adversity?

Why is the protagonist faced with the problem? How did the protagonist come to the problem?

What makes a protagonist admirable?

How do I read within my group?

What can I learn from my group?

What will students do?Post probing questions to the Wiki, Reading

Is Social

Deliver a monolog

Develop information about characters, author, plot, strong word choices, strong voice

Write a book review

Respond to your group’s questions and comments.

Read your novel with post-it notes. Select your reading pace as a group or individually.

5 minute presentation tracking the journey of a character.

What will I read?You’ve already been selected and placed in a group.

You should keep your username and novel title a secret. Please don’t discuss out loud what book you’re reading…save your comments for online!

Titles:

Hatchet, Walk Two Moons, Esperanza Rising, Let the Circle be Unbroken, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, The Giver, The Chocolate War, Breaking Through, Search for Shadowman, and Lord of the Flies.

Online EtiquetteTone

Writing/Typing responses

Signing a post/comment

Academic v. Casual/Informal(school work v.

facebook/texting)WHAT?!??!?!?!I am having a hard time

understanding what you’re asking. Can you clarify?

Any Questions?