Literature Circle Tasks

ENG3U Kite Runner

NOVEL STUDY – THE KITE RUNNER MAJOR EVALUATION: LITERATURE CIRCLES

Literature circles are a collaborative way of approaching a novel study; they help readers engage meaningfully with the text. It will consist of an "inner circle" (which will consist of the group members responsible for presenting the assigned chapters), and an outer circle (consisting of the rest of the class). The inner circle leads the analysis and presentation; the outer circle takes notes, asks questions, and engages in discussion (led by the inner circle). **This unit will be purely taught by each other - you are the experts on your assigned chapters!

INSTRUCTIONS:

 Form a group of 4-5 (or Miss Ryan will find a group for you) – each of you will have a focus (job) during the chapters that you are in charge of presenting; you may choose who will get which job as a group.

 You and your group will be responsible for presenting on a section of the novel on an assigned presentation day; your presentation will be focused on approximately 40-50 pages of the novel; you will randomly select your chapters.

 You are responsible for being present on the day that your group signs up for; there will be no make-up days for this assignment; if you are not here, your group will present without you.

 Keep in mind, you will only have one period to present as a group; therefore, each job should take 7-10 minutes (EXCEPT the discussion director – the discussion my take up to 25 minutes).

 You will be marked 100% INDIVIDUALLY on this assignment.

 Regardless of which job you choose, YOU MUST INCORPORATE VISUALS (visuals provided by YOU for YOUR role), and MAKE AN EFFORT TO MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION AS CREATIVE, ENGAGING, AND INTERESTING AS POSSIBLE… otherwise it will be extremely boring for your classmates to watch 

 You are being marked on your presentation, AS WELL as your participation during ALL literary circles (refer to the rubric); therefore you must be present for all presentations, and you MUST make an effort to participate in discussion each day in order to do well on this assignment. ENG3U Kite Runner The Jobs are as follows:

1. Discussion Director: BRIEFLY summarizes chapters covered (no more than a 2-3 minutes for this!!); develops deep questions for the group to discuss; critical thinking questions; questions that require some thought; he/she is also primarily responsible for directing discussion; for example:  making sure each person has their turn to speak;  gently reminding that it’s someone else’s turn when anyone talks too long;  guiding the conversation from one person to another;  “recapping” what’s been said (when needed);  you are also welcome to share/contribute your own thoughts to the conversation.

2. Investigator: Researches the text, elements of the text, unfamiliar words/ideas/locations/cultures/customs/traditions/laws – basically anything that will help us better understand the novel; presents the information in creative, engaging ways.

3. Literary Element Illuminator: Focuses on finding literary elements in the text and dissecting them.  symbols, motifs, imagery (etc.) – be careful not to overlap with theme and character developer!!  key passages that have particular importance

4. Connector: Looks for connections between the text and other elements of experience.  text-to-text  text-to-self  text-to-world/society  text-to-media ** You do NOT need to find all of these connections; you may choose to simply focus on a couple.

5. Theme and Character Developer: Focuses on working through what the author is trying to tell/teach his audience.  What is the message in the story?  How is the message further developed in these chapters? Also focuses on character development.  Looking at key characters and how they've developed  Parallelisms between characters and/or important differences  Use your imagination to deepen the understanding of key characters.

** PLEASE NOTE: Regardless of which job you choose, you must incorporate visuals (not your group – YOU!), and MAKE AN EFFORT TO MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION AS CREATIVE, ENGAGING, AND INTERESTING AS POSSIBLE… otherwise it will be extremely boring for your classmates to watch  ENG3U Kite Runner

PRESENTATION GROUPS & SCHEDULE ** This schedule is tentative and subject to change

Literature Circle #1 Literature Circle #2 Literature Circle #3 Literature Circle #4 Date: Date: Date: Date: Monday, October 26th Wednesday, October 28th Friday, October 30th Monday, November 2nd

Chapters: 6-8 Chapters: 9-11 Chapters: 12-13 Chapters: 14-18 (p. 51-106) (p. 107-150) (p. 150-199) (p. 200-239) Group: Group: Group: Group:

Zeinab Devon Barzy Jay Devin Evan Lara Steve Khalid Kate Abdul Victor Makki

Literature Circle #5 Literature Circle #6 Literature Circle #7 NOTES: Date: Date: Date: Wednesday, November Friday, November 6th Monday, November 9th 4th Chapters: Chapters: Chapters: 22-23 24-25 19-21 (p. 286-325) (p. 326-394) (p. 240-285) Group: Group: Group:

Jacob Glodie Sadek Veronika Hadjer Kyle Jill Karima Abdulla Kani Paola Amar Ruaa

**PLEASE NOTE: There are no make up days for this assignment – if you cannot be present, your group will present without you! You must have a note from a guardian confirming the reason why you couldn’t attend class – I will call home to confirm that he/she was aware that you had a major evaluation that day. BOTTOMLINE - unless there is an emergency, or unless you are too sick to come in for just this one class, you MUST BE HERE.

** REMEMBER: You will have a test and an essay assignment on the novel; therefore, if you want to be successful in this unit, YOU MUST KEEP UP WITH THE READING AND PAY ATTENTION IN CLASS EVERY DAY; if you do not keep up with the scheduled reading, you will not be able to participate in the discussions, which will result in a failing mark. Rubric for Literature Circle Name:______Role: ______ENG3U Kite Runner

R Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Overall Level * Insufficient listening * Some inattentive *Few lapses in *Listens actively * Listens actively; O1- Listening to skills demonstrated behaviour attentiveness demonstrates this Understand through responses to others * Does not adequately * Has difficulty following * Follows rules for * Follows discussion rules follow rules for rules for discussion discussion fairly effectively * Follows discussion rules discussion effectively very effectively; creates a comfortable, respectful atmosphere for everyone * Presentation lacks * Presentation lacks *Communicates fairly *Communicates clearly *Communicates clearly & O2 – clarity clarity clearly effectively Speaking to *Uses variety in tone, Communicate *Insufficient oral *Weak oral *Same tone & expression expression & volume of *Adds emphasis with communication skills communication skills used in speaking, speaking, good tone, volume, pacing & (volume, expression, satisfactory pronunciation expression, excellent pronunciation, etc.) pronunciation pronunciation * Insufficient use of non- * Good use of non-verbal verbal cues (eye contact, * Poor use of non-verbal * Satisfactory use of non- cues (eye contact, facial * Excellent non-verbal facial expressions, cues (eye contact, facial verbal cues (eye contact, expressions, gestures, cues (eye contact, facial gestures, etc.) expressions, gestures, facial expressions, etc.) expressions, gestures, etc.) gestures, etc.) etc.) *Shows insufficient *Shows limited *Demonstrates some *Demonstrates clear *Demonstrates masterful R1 – Reading for understanding of understanding of understanding of understanding of understanding of Meaning assigned chapter, gaps in assigned chapter, gaps in assigned chapter(s) assigned chapter(s)’ assigned chapters knowledge knowledge content (plot, characters etc.) *Demonstrates masterful *Does not adequately *Demonstrates some understanding of the demonstrate sufficient *Demonstrates limited understanding of the *Demonstrates clear entire novel (through understanding of the understanding of the novel as a whole (through understanding of novel’s presentation AND entire novel, gaps in entire novel, gaps in presentation AND content (through discussion) knowledge (during knowledge (during discussion) presentation AND presentation AND presentation AND discussion) *Introduces many discussions) discussions) *Responds to a few posed insightful questions/ideas questions *Introduces some *Does not adequately *Rarely responds to questions/ideas; *Justifies answers/ideas respond to posed posed questions *Sometimes justifies with a lot of in-depth questions answers/ideas with some *Justifies answers/ideas thought/insight, and/or *Few examples provided; in-depth thought, and/or with in-depth more than one example or *Insufficient examples limited thought/insight one example or quotation thought/insight, and/or quotation provided; insufficient demonstrated one example or quotation thought/insight * Fulfillment of assigned * Masterful fulfillment of demonstrated * limited fulfillment of job; demonstrates some * Good fulfillment of assigned job; assigned job; knowledge for the task at assigned job; demonstrates superior * insufficient fulfillment of demonstrates limited hand demonstrates a lot of knowledge for the task at assigned job; knowledge for the task at knowledge for the task at hand demonstrates limited hand hand knowledge for the task at hand R2 – *Identifies a variety of *Identifies a variety of *Identifies a variety of *Identifies a variety of * Identifies a variety of Understanding elements of style elements of style elements of style elements of style elements of style Form and Style and explains how they and explains how they and explains how they and explains how they and explains how they help communicate help communicate help communicate help communicate help communicate meaning and enhance the meaning and enhance the meaning and enhance the meaning and enhance the meaning and enhance the effectiveness of the text to effectiveness of the text to effectiveness of the text to effectiveness of the text to effectiveness of the text in an insufficient degree a limited degree a some degree considerable degree a sophisticated and insightful way * Demonstrates * Demonstrates limited * Demonstrates some * Demonstrates good * Demonstrates superior M3 – Creating insufficient creativity and creativity which makes creativity which makes creativity which makes creativity which makes Media Texts therefore does not the presentation a little the presentation the presentation the presentation sufficiently engage the boring for the audience somewhat interesting/ interesting/ engaging for interesting/ engaging for audience engaging for audience audience audience * Poor use of audio-visual * Insufficient use of audio- aids to support & enhance * Satisfactory use of * Good use of audio-visual * Excellent use of audio- visual aids to support & the presentation & engage audio-visual aids to aids to effectively support visual aids to effectively enhance the presentation the audience support & enhance the & enhance the support & enhance the & engage the audience presentation & engage the presentation & engage the presentation & engage the * Task lacks effort & audience audience audience * Task demonstrates thoughtfulness insufficient effort & * Task is somewhat * Demonstrates in-depth thoughtfulness thoughtfully done; some * Demonstrates in-depth thought and insight; task effort shown thought; task is is thoughtfully done thoughtfully done demonstrating extension of the activity.