Literature Circle Meetings

Instructions for the Discussion Director

It is your responsibility to lead the Literature Circle on Circle Days.

BE SURE THAT EVERYONE PARTICIPATES

Follow these steps carefully:

1.              Discussion Director -You begin the discussion

• Read your first question.  Encourage everyone to give an answer.
• If you asked a good question, you should get some good discussion.
• Read and discuss each of your questions.
• This should take at least 5-10  min.

2.              Illustrator

• Ask the illustrator to show his picture, web, Venn diagram, story map, or graphic organizer.
• Ask the group if they have any questions for the illustrator.
• Ask..."What would each of you chosen to illustrate?"

3.              Word Wizard

• The Word Wizard should read the first world only.
• Have the group find the word in the story. (Word Wizard tells the page.)
• Each person in the group should try to guess what the word means.
• The Word Wizard then reads the dictionary definition.
• Be sure everyone understands the meaning.
• Do each word in this manner.
• This should take about 10 minutes.
• Ask..."Did anyone find another unknown word?"

4.              Passage Picker

• The passage Picker shares the first passage chosen.
• All group members should find the passage in the story.
• Ask the group if they had a favourite passage they would have picked.

5.              Summarizer

• The Summarizer should share the points he/she chose.
• Ask if members of the group agree or disagree.
• If major points were missed, the Summarizer should add them at this time.
• If the group agrees that some of the points are small details, the summarizer should put an X beside them.

6.              Connector

• The connector should share each of the connections he/she makes to the story.
• Let the other group members ask questions about the connections to get more details. Group members may share some

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