Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Title and Task Tent Cards
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides an efficient strategy for the conducting of literature circles. Downloadable tent cards are provided for the following literature circle member roles: recorder, facilitator, summarizer, and...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Girls Read: Online Literature Circles
In this lesson plan designed especially for girls, students read a work of realistic fiction and get to know strong female protagonists through online literary circles and writing activities.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Literature Circles With Primary Students, Self Selected Reading
Students respond to self-selected books in journals and talk about their books daily in small groups. The teacher guides students by offering suggestions and writing with them in dialogue journals.
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Literature Lesson Plan
This lesson plan is for a character study that uses butcher paper, pens, pencils, and copies of assigned book. Students then complete a character study on at least two major characters.
Books in the Classroom
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: If You Give a Moose a Muffin
This teacher resource includes a review of Laura Numeroff's If You Give a Moose a Muffin, things to notice in the book and discuss, and related learning activities and links.
Library of Congress
World Digital Library: Chinese Books, Manuscripts, Maps, and Prints: Map
A collection of primary source materials linked to a map that explore the history of China from 1200 B.C. to 1931. This is a world map with links on other continents as well, so zoom into China and click on a numbered circle. A popup...
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Fun Lesson plans.com: Reading Lesson P Lans: Literature Circles
Improve your students' reading comprehension with these free literature circle worksheets.
The English Teacher
Teacher2b.com: To Kill a Mockingbird
Check out this sample test for the book "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. Teachers can pick and choose the questions that will fit with their students learning styles.
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National Book Critics Circle Awards
At the National Book Critics Circle website check the background of the awards and previous winners.
Other
University of Rochester Libraries: Lincoln and His Circle
Examine letters and other artifacts related to 16th President, Abraham Lincoln and those within his circle. An extensive, indexed collection with links to related sites and literature.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Thoughtful Threads: Sparking Rich Online Discussions
Today's learners love chatting online with friends. This lesson plan combines that love with literature. Students form literature circles and have meaningful online discussions about a literary work.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Family Reading Activities
This site features family reading activities that will guide parents with their children's reading development.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Search for Identity: Maxine Hong Kingston
Maxine Hong Kingston is featured in this biography for her literary contributions which explore her personal heritage as a Chinese American woman. See "Maxine Hong Kingston Activities" for related materials.