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    This document provides instructions and guidelines for students participating in literature circle roles for discussing a book. It explains that the Connector's role is to find connections between the book and the real world and share one connection. The Discussion Director is to write questions for discussion and their own answers. The Illustrator draws a picture related to the reading. The Literary Luminary chooses important passages to discuss. The Summarizer prepares a summary of the reading.

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    This document provides instructions and guidelines for students participating in literature circle roles for discussing a book. It explains that the Connector's role is to find connections between the book and the real world and share one connection. The Discussion Director is to write questions for discussion and their own answers. The Illustrator draws a picture related to the reading. The Literary Luminary chooses important passages to discuss. The Summarizer prepares a summary of the reading.

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    This document provides instructions and guidelines for students participating in literature circle roles for discussing a book. It explains that the Connector's role is to find connections between the book and the real world and share one connection. The Discussion Director is to write questions for discussion and their own answers. The Illustrator draws a picture related to the reading. The Literary Luminary chooses important passages to discuss. The Summarizer prepares a summary of the reading.

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    Literature Circles

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    This document provides instructions and guidelines for students participating in literature circle roles for discussing a book. It explains that the Connector's role is to find connections between the book and the real world and share one connection. The Discussion Director is to write questions for discussion and their own answers. The Illustrator draws a picture related to the reading. The Literary Luminary chooses important passages to discuss. The Summarizer prepares a summary of the reading.

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    The key takeaways are that literature circles involve different roles such as connector, discussion director, summarizer, etc. and each role has specific responsibilities to engage with and understand the text.

    The different roles in a literature circle are connector, discussion director, summarizer, travel tracer, and vocabulary enricher. Each role has a specific task to help engage with and understand the text.

    Some examples of questions a discussion director might ask are: What did you find most interesting or surprising about this section? What questions do you have after reading this? What connections can you make between this part and other parts of the story?

    Connector-Literature Circles

    Name: _________________________
    Book: ______________________________
    Date: __________________
    Assignment: _______________________________
    Connector: Your job is to find connections between the book you are reading and
    the outside world. This means connecting what you read with your own life, to what
    happens at school or in the community, to similar events at other times and places,
    or to other people or problems. Once you have shared your connection to this
    section of the book, each member of your group will also relate their own connection
    to the book, although they may refer to a different passage.
    Describe the part in the book, and then explain your connection.
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    Discussion Director-Literature Circles


    Name: _________________________
    Book: ______________________________
    Date: __________________
    Assignment: _______________________________
    Discussion Director: Your job is to write a list of questions that your group might
    want to discuss about this part of the book. The best questions will come from your
    own thoughts, feelings, and ideas about this section of the book. You also need to
    write your own answers to these questions.
    Questions:
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    Sample Questions:
    What was going through your mind when you read this?
    How did you feel when?
    Can someone summarize this section?
    Did anything surprise you about this section of the book?
    Predict something about the next section of the book.

    Illustrator-Literature Circles
    Name: _________________________
    Book: ______________________________
    Date: __________________
    Assignment: _______________________________
    Illustrator: Your job is to draw some kind of a picture related to what you read in
    your section. It can be a sketch, cartoon, diagram, or stick figure scene. It can be
    about something that you read, something that the reading reminded you about, or
    an element of the story (plot, character, setting).
    Presentation Plan: When the Discussion Director invites you to participate, you may
    show your picture without commenting on it, and let the others in your group
    individually guess what your picture means. After everyone has had a turn to guess,
    it is your turn to tell them what your picture means, where it came from, or what it
    represents to you. You may make your picture on this sheet, or on a separate page.

    Literary Luminary-Literature Circles


    Name: _________________________
    Book: ______________________________
    Date: __________________
    Assignment: _______________________________
    Literary Luminary: Your job is to choose a paragraph or sentences from the book
    to discuss with your group. Your purpose is to help other students by spotlighting
    something interesting, powerful, funny, puzzling, or important from the text. You
    can read parts aloud yourself, or ask another group member to read them. Include
    your reasons for picking the paragraphs or sections you did. Please record the page
    number and paragraph.
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    Summarizer-Literature Circles
    Name: _________________________
    Book: ______________________________
    Date: __________________
    Assignment: _______________________________
    Summarizer: Your job is to prepare a summary of the reading. Dont tell the whole
    story, just focus on the important parts. The other members of your group will be
    counting on you to give them a quick statement that tells about the story (the
    summary), and the key points.
    Summary:
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    Key Points
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    Travel Tracer-Literature Circles


    Name: _________________________
    Book: ______________________________
    Date: __________________
    Assignment: _______________________________
    Travel Tracer: In a book where characters move around a lot and the scenes change
    frequently, it is important for everyone in your group to know where things are
    happening and how the setting may have changed. Even if the scenery doesnt
    change much, the setting is still a very important part of the story. Your job is to
    track where the action takes place. Describe each setting in detail, either in words or
    with a picture map that you can show and discuss with your group. Be sure to give
    the page numbers.
    Where the action begins:

    Where the key events happened:

    Where the events ended:

    Vocabulary Enricher-Literature Circles


    Name: _________________________ Book: ______________________________
    Date: _______________________
    Assignment: _______________________________

    Vocabulary Enricher: Your job is to look for a few important words in your reading. If
    you find words that are puzzling or unfamiliar, mark them down on this page while you are
    reading. Later, you can look them up in a dictionary and write down their definitions. You
    may also find words in the reading that are significant to the story. Mark these words too,
    and be ready to point them out to the group. When your circle meets, help members find
    and discuss the words.

    Words and Definitions:


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