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Talking Sticks Literature Circle

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Following the six-step process for a talking sticks literature circle, group members choose a leader for the discussion, summarize the reading, discuss journal entries and questions, set reading goals, and write reflections. I think this...
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Mini Literature Circle

For Teachers 6th - 7th
In this literature circle worksheet, students form groups and choose a leader, summarize the book, discuss journal entries, make connections, and write reflections about the novel they are reading. Students provide short answers for...
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Literature Circle Packet

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Looking to set up literature circles in your class? Use these materials to support pupils when they meet in groups. Pupils take on various roles over the course of reading and meet with their groups to share the work they have done on...
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Literature Circle Reflections

For Students 7th - 8th
In this literature circle reflections worksheet, students write down a discussion prompt and then respond to the prompt before and after meeting with a group. Students self-assess their own reading and responses. Students answer eight...
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Literature Circle Role Descriptions

For Teachers 6th - 7th
In this literature circle role descriptions worksheet, students identify the role they play in the literature circle. The different roles include: summarizer, vocabulary finder, questions writer, story mapper. Each role has three to...
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Literature Circle Bookmark

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this literature circle bookmark worksheet, students write their name, how many pages they will read by a certain date, a question, and a short summary of what they read. Each page contains four literature circle bookmarks.
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Literature Circle Reflections

For Teachers 6th - 7th
In this literature circle reflections worksheet, students answer yes, no, or somewhat to how they read a certain piece of literature. They identify the contribution they made to the discussion and an important idea someone expressed. ...
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Literature Circle Preparation

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this literature circle preparation worksheet, students draw a picture of something important in the story, summarize what they read, answer a teachers question, and write two new words they learned. Students answer a total of...
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Shakespeare Literature Circles Role Sheets

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Tired of those blank stares after your class reads a particularly complex passage from a Shakespearean play? Help high schoolers untangle that prose with a literature circle activity. Ten different roles prompt class members to focus on...
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Literature Circle Preparation

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this literature circle preparation worksheet, students state how many pages they will read by a certain date, provide a question from the reading, and give the page number on what information they want to discuss. Students answer six...
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Discussion Ideas for Literature Circle Meetings

For Teachers 5th - 6th
For this literature circle worksheet, students respond to the novel they are reading through certain prompts and read how to respond to others within the literature circle group. Students respond to nine prompts through using short...
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Summarizer-Literature Circles

For Students 5th - 7th
The summarizer’s job in a literature circle is to identify the key events in a story and to use those main ideas to craft a summary. Give this one-page worksheet to each of your summarizers to assist them in drafting their summary.
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Utopia & Utopian Literature By Sir Thomas More

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 31 short answer and essay questions based on More's Utopia and other Utopian literature. Students may also access an online quiz on the selection using the...
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Close Reading Passages of Literature

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Encourage kids to think deeply about what they are reading with five thought-provoking questions about one passage. After choosing a passage that is intriguing or confusing to them, learners write a summary, explain what they like or...
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Literature Circles Planner

For Students 3rd - 6th
Here is a literature circle worksheet for students to plan an effective group meeting. Instructions are given to answer 10 questions. This form may be used for every book the group reads.
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Thoreau, Emerson, and Transcendentalism

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
Tackle Transcendentalist literature with these questions. This resource provides 14 essay questions that cover different works by Thoreau and Emerson. Class members may also access an online quiz on the selection using the link at the...
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Literature Circles: Art Director

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this literature circle activity worksheet, students draw a picture that include details of the events from their assigned piece of reading. Students also explain why included certain details in their drawing.
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Illustrator-literature Circles

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this literature circle activity, students are instructed to draw or sketch something related to a book they have read. There are directions on how to use this in a book club setting.
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Vocabulary Enricher-literature Circles

For Students 5th - 7th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students are given a table to fill out as they encounter unfamiliar words in a reading book. They use this chart to share during a book club/literature circle setting.
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Literature-based Skill Building: Holes by Louis Sachar: Chapter 12

For Students 4th - 6th
For this literature response worksheet, students illustrate a scene and write about two quotations in Chapter 12 of Holes by Louis Sachar.
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Literary Luminary-literature Circles

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this literature circle worksheet, students choose 5 paragraphs from a book and the reasons for choosing them. This worksheet is intended to be used before a book club type meeting. Students choose their own books to report on, and...
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Travel-Tracer-Literature Circles

For Students 4th - 7th
In this travel tracer literature circle learning exercise, students track where the action of a story takes place by recording where the action begins, where key events happened, and where the events ended. They describe the settings in...
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Froggy Plays in the Band

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this reading comprehension worksheet, students complete a variety of vocabulary activities. All pertain to the book, Froggy Plays in the Band.
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Reading Analysis

For Students 6th - 12th
For this literature circle worksheet, students are provided areas to record short passages from their reading that they think are important or examples of good writing.

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