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Literature Circles

( The Outsiders chapter 2)

Directions: First read your assigned chapter silently (15 minutes).

Group members:______________ ________________ ________________

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Next, assign one role per group member. Here are today’s assignments for each category.

1.

Discussion Director- A dichotomy is two opposing/ contrasting ideas in literature (i.e. good vs. evil). List ten dichotomies from these chapters.

2.

Word Wizard- Write song lyrics about a theme from these chapters (two versus and one chorus) Any genre of music is okay. Use five vocabulary words from today’s reading.

3.

Capable Connector- If you were to film this movie today, who would the actors be? How about the director, etc.? Plan out a proposal for a new movie.

4.

Artful artist- Draw a four-frame storyboard of a scene. Include a brief sketch for each frame, and one camera angle instruction.

5.

Lighter writer- Rewrite one key scene from today’s reading using classappropriate humor. Make your audience laugh.

6.

Character commercial- Choose two of today’s characters and place them in a script for a commercial, selling one of today’s brands (i.e. Gatorade). Stay consistent to each character’s personality.

7.

Spectacular Sculpture- Sculpt a key scene from today’s reading. Be detailed.

Take a photograph and e-mail to rossrt@d11.org

for credit.

8.

POV Perspective- Rewrite a scene from another character’s point of view.

What would change? What would stay the same?

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