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Date
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Literature Circles – Prejudice
English 9
Book Choices
You may choose from To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, about an
Alabama girl in the 1930s whose father defends a black man unfairly
accused of rape; Let the Circle be Unbroken by Mildred D. Taylor,
about the Logan family in 1930s Mississippi; Walkabout by James
Vance Marshall, about two children stranded in Australia; Mote by Chap Reaver, about a boy in
the 1980s investigating his teacher’s murder; Monster by Walter Dean Myers, about a boy in the
1990s who is on trial for murder; and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by
Sherman Alexie, about a poor American Indian boy who transfers to a school off his reservation
and experiences bullying, racism, and loss of loved ones along the way.
Meetings
1. You will have six meetings and two reading days.
2. You must fulfill each different role once; at each meeting, each group member must fulfill a
different role.
3. You must keep a personal vocabulary list with all the words from your Vocabulary Teachers.
4. You must fill out a self evaluation sheet at the end.
5. You will have literary concepts worksheets, a project and an essay to complete as part of this
unit.
Literature Circles Meeting Agenda
I.
Gather your needed materials (white rubric sheet, role sheets, personal vocabulary
list, book, writing utensil, and any other assignment due that day) and leave your
table area clean so others do not accidentally damage or lose your things.
II.
Meet with your group. Decide in what order to share role sheets. Share.
III.
Share any other assignments due that day.
IV.
Add the vocabulary words to your personal list that you will save to hand in at the
end. Be sure to have a correct, useful definition and a sample sentence for each word.
V.
Mark your white rubric sheet to indicate what you have finished for today.
VI.
Staple together the materials you need to hand in:
a.
Your role sheet for today’s meeting (on top);
b.
Any other assignment.
VII. If you have time left in class, you should begin your next reading assignment or work
on other English homework (vocabulary, independent reading).
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Date
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Literature Circles Grading Rubric
This rubric will help you keep track of your assignments.
Date
Pages assigned (√ if
Role (circle one)
Points earned
Meeting 1
Dec 3
(√ if role sheet finished; X if not)
Connector
Critic
Visual Presenter
Reactor
Vocab Teacher
Researcher
Meeting 2
Dec 5
Connector
Visual Presenter
Vocab Teacher
finished; X if not)
Critic
Reactor
Researcher
Reading Day 1
Dec 7
of 10
of 10
of 10
Meeting 3
Dec 11
Connector
Visual Presenter
Vocab Teacher
Critic
Reactor
Researcher
of 10
Meeting 4
Dec 13
Connector
Visual Presenter
Vocab Teacher
Critic
Reactor
Researcher
of 10
Reading Day 2
Dec 17
of 10
Meeting 5
Dec 19
Connector
Visual Presenter
Vocab Teacher
Critic
Reactor
Researcher
of 10
Meeting 6
Dec 21
Connector
Visual Presenter
Vocab Teacher
Critic
Reactor
Researcher
of 10
Personal vocabulary list completed? (circle one)
Dec 21
YES
NO
of 10
Self evaluation completed? (circle one)
Dec 21
YES
NO
TOTAL
This total is for your reference only. Official grades will be entered on the
online gradebook.
of 10
of 100