Name ______ Literature Circles Role Sheet

Name ______Literature Circles Role Sheet

“Discussion Director”

Date: ______

Title of novel: ______

Pages read to prepare: page ______to page ______(Chapter ______)

Write a minimum of five (5) thought-provoking questions that you think your group would want to talk about. These questions should require thought and discussion as well as a detailed response. Suggestion: Use the “Critical Thinking” Wheel in class for challenging “power words”.

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“Literary Luminary”

Date: ______

Choose a minimum of three (3) passages to read aloud to your group to help them remember some interesting, powerful, puzzling, or important sections of the text. Record the page and paragraph numbers and the reasons you chose these passages.

Location of passage Reason for choosing the passage

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Paragraph(s): ______Name ______Literature Circles Role Sheet

“Character Captain”

Date: ______

Share observations you have about the main character(s). Select three (3) adjectives that describe one or more of the characters in your novel, and support your selections with an example taken from your reading assignment. (Adjective examples: adventurous, athletic, bold, courageous, bossy, cheerful, curious, impulsive, loyal, messy, mellow, mischievous, selfish, trustworthy, wild…)

Character name Specific example of behavior/action

Character name: ______Page ______

Adjective: ______Paragraph ______

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“Word Wizard”

Date: ______

List a minimum of five (5) new vocabulary words you feel would be worth discussing with your group. Choose words that are important, unfamiliar, different, puzzling, used in an unusual way, and/or interesting.

Word selected Brief definition Reason word was selected & page number

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“Sensational Summarizer”

Date: ______

Prepare a brief summary of your reading in the space below (full paragraph, 4-5 sentences minimum). Then list 5 key points (main ideas, most important events, etc.) as complete sentences.

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5. ______“Concluding Connector”

Date: ______

Find connections between the novel that you are reading and the outside world. List a minimum of two (2) connections and explain. (Examples: your own life, happenings at school or in your community, similar events at other times or in other places, other novels or stories, other writings on the same topic, other writings by the same author, etc. Your connection can be personal, social, historical, literary, or artistic.)

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