Sunday, May 18, 2014

Lit Circle Agreements

Agreements for Lit Circles:
Objectives:
Read and discuss your group’s text and answer the following EQs by the end of the unit:
  ○ How can you sustain a creative, collaborative lit circle and learn more in lit
circle than you would on your own or when directed by a teacher?
  ○ How has your text contributed to the world of ideas both historically and in
the present moment? How do you know?
Performance tasks: exhibit both formatively and summatively the above
objectives.

  1. Notetaking and synthesizing your Lit Circle discussions on Reading Wings blog
  2. You demonstrate that you can answer the big EQs in a creative original performance of your own design.
Respect and Responsibility as collaborators
  ● meet deadlines
  ● split up the work (not the reading) in the form of roles for each member of the
group:

  1.  Discussion Leader arrives in class with summary of reading and enough EQs (45) to sustain creative, rigorous discussion
  2.  Literary Luminary and Elemental arrives in class with examples of literary gems: metaphors/figures of speech, structural elements of the novel (characterization, golden details, setting, etc...)
  3. Line Lighter (this role can be added to the above role if there are only 3 in your group) arrives with specific noteworthy quotes to discuss
  4. Check up arrives ready to answer EQs and take notes Checks up on group and addresses preparedness. Maintains group scheduling. Reports to teacher. Writes blog post
  5. Wordsmith and Reseacher arrives with definitions for confusing words/allusions. Researches book to help answer big EQ
● each participant has 5 min responsibility to speak in group each lit circle day
● every member actually reads the book on schedule
● be creative and original
● be rigorous with your critical thinking
● everyone must collaborate and contribute every lit circle day
● use what you say in discussion to link and expand/build discussion
● respect each member in the group by listening, acknowledging, reflecting before
speaking.
● maintain a tone of respect, rigor and focus

Objective:
Answer the following EQs by the end of the unit:

  • How can you learn more in lit circle than you would on your own or when directed by a teacher?
  • How has your text contributed to the world of ideas both historically and in the present moment?


 Performance tasks:

  1. Notetaking and synthesizing your Lit Circle discussions on Reading Wings blog. Video of model lit circle discussion
  2. You demonstrate that you can answer the big EQs in a creative original performance of your own design.

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