reading-circles

ReadingCircleRoleSheetSummarizerName:____________________________Circle:_____________________________MeetingDate:______________________Text:_________________________________________________________________Summarizer:Yourjobistoprepareabriefsummaryoftoday’sreading.Yourgroupdiscussionwillstartwithyour1-2minutestatementthatcoversthekeypoints,mainhighlights,andgeneralideaoftoday’sreadingassignment.Summary:______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________KeyPoints:1.___________________________________________________________________2.___________________________________________________________________3.___________________________________________________________________4.___________________________________________________________________5.___________________________________________________________________Connections:Didtoday’sreadingremindyouofanything?Explain._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ReadingCircleRoleSheetIllustratorName:___________________________Circle:_____________________________MeetingDate:_______________________Text:_________________________________________________________________Illustrator:Goodreadersmakepicturesintheirmindsastheyread.Thisisachancetosharesomeofyourownimagesandvisions.Drawsomekindofpicturerelatedtothereadingyouhavejustdone.Itcanbeasketch,cartoon,diagram,flowchart.Youcandrawapicturethatconveystheideaorfeelingyougotfromthereading.Anykindofdrawingorgraphicisokay–youcanevenlabelthingswithwordsifthathelps.Makeyourdrawing(s)onanyremainingspaceonthissideandontheothersideofthissheet.Ifyouuseaseparatesheetofpaper,besuretostapleittothisrolesheet.PresentationPlan:Wheneveritfitsintheconversation,showyourdrawingtoyourgroup.Youdon’thavetoexplainitimmediately.Youcanletpeoplespeculatewhatyourpicturemeans,sotheycanconnectyourdrawingtotheirownideasaboutthereading.Aftereveryonehashadasay,youcanalwayshavethelastword:tellthemwhatyourpicturemeans.ReadingCircleRoleSheetVocabularyEnricher/WordWizardName:___________________________Circle:_________________________MeetingDate:__________________Text:_______________________________________________________VocabularyEnricher/WordWizard:Thewordsawriterchoosesareanimportantingredientoftheauthor’scraft.Yourjobistobeonthelookoutforafewwordsthathavespecialmeaningintoday’sreadingselection.Jotdownpuzzlingorunfamiliarwordswhileyouarereading.Later,lookupthedefinitionsineitheradictionaryorsomeothersource.Youmayalsorunacrosswordsthatstandoutsomehowinthereading–wordsthatarerepeatedalot,usedinanunusualway,orarecrucialtothemeaningofthetext.Markthesespecialwords,too,andbereadytoshareyourideasontheirusagetothegroup.Note:Whendiscussingvocabulary,youshouldalwaysreferbacktothetextinordertoexaminethewordincontext.WordPage/ParagraphdefinitionReasonfordiscussionperceptionMotivationisdrivenbysufficientdemotivationmeasuredandlinkedanacademicenvironmentattributelife-longincomeestablishingcorrelationshapingReadingCircleRoleSheetResearcherName:____________________________Circle:_____________________MeetingDate:_______________________Text:___________________________________________________________Researcher:Yourjobistodigupsomebackgroundinformationonanyrelevanttopicrelatedtoyourbook.ThismightincludeThegeography,weather,culture,orhistoryofthetext’ssettingPertinentinformationabouttheauthorandotherrelatedworksInformationaboutthetimeperiodportrayedinthebookInformationonanytopicsoreventsrepresentedinthebookInformationonanytopicsoreventsthatmayhaveinfluencedtheauthorPictures,objects,ormaterialsthatillustrateelementsofthebookThehistoryandderivationofwordsornamesusedinthebookInformationaboutanycharacterthatisbasedonahistoricalpersonThisisnotaformalresearchreport.Theideaistofindsomeinformationormaterialthathelpsyourgroupunderstandthebookbetter.Investigatesomethingthatreallyinterestsyou–somethingthatstruckyouaspuzzlingorcuriouswhileyouwerereading.Waysofgatheringinformation:•Theintroduction,preface,or“abouttheauthor”sectionofthetext•Librarybooksandmagazines•On-linecomputersearchorencyclopedia•Interviewswithpeoplewhoknowthetopic•Othernovels,nonfiction,ortextbooksyou’vereadReadingCircleRoleSheetConnectorName:_______________________Circle:_______________________MeetingDate:_______________________Text:___________________________________________________________Connector:Yourjobistofindconnectionsbetweenthetextandyou,andbetweenthetex