Book Club Assignment - Book 1
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Your group must:
You will be assessed according to:
`• the quality of your contributions to your lit circle discussion (collaborate)
`• the extent to which you keep up with your responsibilities to your group (plan)
`• the quality of your ideas on your Lit Circle Notes (discern and conclude)
`• the quality of your group’s discussion (communicate)
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Your group must:
- Assign reading for each night, pacing yourselves so you complete the first text by Monday, November 24th.
- Hold each member accountable for work, contributions to discussion, and respectful participation
- Rotate the assigned roles so that each night someone has a different responsibility
- Create a method to keep track of elements that may be useful for the Regents Prep and Cheat Sheets
You will be assessed according to:
`• the quality of your contributions to your lit circle discussion (collaborate)
`• the extent to which you keep up with your responsibilities to your group (plan)
`• the quality of your ideas on your Lit Circle Notes (discern and conclude)
`• the quality of your group’s discussion (communicate)
Book Club Roles
Discussion Director: Your role demands that you identify the important aspects of your assigned text, and develop questions your group will want to discuss. Focus on the major themes or “big ideas” in the text
and your reaction to those ideas. What interests you will most likely interest those in your group. You are also responsible for facilitating your group’s discussion.
Passage Illuminator: You find passages your group would like to/should hear read aloud. These passages should be memorable,interesting, puzzling, funny, or important. Your notes should include the quotations but also why you chose them, and what you want to say about them. You can either read the passage aloud yourself or ask members of your group to read roles.
Connector: Your job is to connect whatyou are reading with what you are studying
or with the world outside of school. You can connect the story to events in you own
life, news events, political events, or popular trends. Another important source of connections is books you’ve already read. The connections should be meaningful to you and those in your group.
Literary Element Detective: While reading the assigned section, you watch out for literary elements you have noticed. It is important to share the element but also an analysis of the element. How does this choice by the author affect your reading of the text?
Summarizer: Prepare a brief summary of the day’s reading. In some cases, you might ask yourself what details, characters, or events are so important that they would be included in just one paragraph. If it helps you to organize the information, consider making a numbered list or a timeline.
and your reaction to those ideas. What interests you will most likely interest those in your group. You are also responsible for facilitating your group’s discussion.
Passage Illuminator: You find passages your group would like to/should hear read aloud. These passages should be memorable,interesting, puzzling, funny, or important. Your notes should include the quotations but also why you chose them, and what you want to say about them. You can either read the passage aloud yourself or ask members of your group to read roles.
Connector: Your job is to connect whatyou are reading with what you are studying
or with the world outside of school. You can connect the story to events in you own
life, news events, political events, or popular trends. Another important source of connections is books you’ve already read. The connections should be meaningful to you and those in your group.
Literary Element Detective: While reading the assigned section, you watch out for literary elements you have noticed. It is important to share the element but also an analysis of the element. How does this choice by the author affect your reading of the text?
Summarizer: Prepare a brief summary of the day’s reading. In some cases, you might ask yourself what details, characters, or events are so important that they would be included in just one paragraph. If it helps you to organize the information, consider making a numbered list or a timeline.