Are you looking for reading strategies that will support your students to be independent and confident learners? Literature circles will help them achieve this.
Literature circles are student-led book clubs that boost reading comprehension, critical thinking, and communication skills. By discussing books in groups, students deepen understanding, share perspectives, and develop a love for reading.
Start your students off with these worksheets that will support them to be confident!
What’s included?
9 x A4 portrait pages:
1 x Information Page
8 x Literature Circle Role Worksheets:
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Summarizer: focuses on the main events, important details, character development, and conflict/resolution.
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Predictor: makes predictions, supports them with evidence, and thinks about the impact the predictions may have on the characters or plot.
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Discussion Director: develops literal, interpretive, evaluative, personal and open-ended questions to ask the group about the text.
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Vocabulary Enricher: identifies words in the text that are important or unfamiliar, defines, finds context clues, synonyms and antonyms and uses the words to show understanding.
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Illustrator: creates a visual representation of a key scene or character and explains the significance of it including any symbolism used (x2 worksheets).
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Connector: connects the text with own life, other texts and the world through use of charts and explains these connections (x2 worksheets).
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