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Dear
Teachers,
I started
using Literature Circles thanks to a teaching
partner I had last year. He provided me with a
general idea of the process and copies of his black
line masters. Away I went, hungry for something
different than the regular novel study, and looking
for something to spice up my resume, I began my
Literature Circles. Along the way the students knew
they were part of an experiment and they were the
guinea pigs. They were happy to join in because it
was a bit different, and it seemed to allow them
more freedom, and time to talk. As we went through
I managed to tweak our process and refine, but
along the way I noticed some distinct things going
on: The kids were eager to read, and the kids were
eager to join in their book discussions. My ESL
student started to read aloud, the kids who didn't
read....did. There was laughing, there was critical
comment, there was peer behaviour modification, and
all this happened with out much of my
encouragement. I said to myself "I've got to do
this again"...unfortunately it was June, and I
would have to wait till the next school year, but
in the mean time I would take a Reading 1
Additional Qualifications Course (PLP free!) and
gear my study towards Literature Circles. Thus this
web site.
I hope you enjoy and can use the content provided
on the Teachers page. I have posted some original
and modified black line masters for your use.
Please visit the student
pages
for how they can be used. Also provided are some of
the resources that I plan to use and modify for the
following years, more can be found on the
Links
page.
Shaun
Else
Gr.5 Teacher
Maplegrove
PS
Halton
DIstrict Board of Education
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