Literature Circles Course Outline
- Part 1: Course Overview
- Course introduction
- Course structure
- Part 2: What is a Literature Circle?
- What is a Literature Circle?
- What is the purpose of a Literature Circle?
- Key features of a Literature Circle
- Which year levels are Literature Circles suitable for?
- Text selection
- Part 3: Literature Circle role cards
- Roles for young readers
- Roles for intermediate readers
- Part 4: Procedures
- Important points and golden rules
- Meetings
- Part 5: A balanced reading program
- Monitoring tools
- Gradual release of responsibility
- The Teacher's role
- Part 6: Getting started
- Part 7: When processes are familiar
- Process, procedures and time tabling for longer texts
- Group presentations
- Part 8: Summing Up
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