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=Literature Circles and Technology=

Literature Cicles and Technolgy We are going to explore some components of Literature Circles. This is a flexible model and should be adjusted to meet the needs of your students. You will be reading [|Adrift on a Sea of Blue Light] by Peter Muilenburg. You can purchase it on Amazon or from this [|web site]. You will be using a roll sheet and posting work on your wiki page. Take a look at this exemplar. Here is a presentation

that will help you understand the different roles that can be used in this model. Click HERE for another helpful resource. You may use any of these roles, roles your find from other sources or create one of your own. After completing this activity you need to create a rubric for self-assessment. The rubric should record your own level of response and engagement with the book. Feel free to use or adapt any rubric that you find. Include the rubric on your wiki page. This part of the assignment is due on ** April 18 ****. ** The next component of Literature Circles is a discussion. Your classmates will be posting questions and comments on your wiki page by **April 25** **. ** Be sure check the discussion area of your page and respond to your classmates. This is an opportunity to see some other role sheet examples and you need to dialogue with every student in the class at least once. One of the components of Literature Circles that we won't be covering are Extension Projects. If you are interested in learning about them, take a look at what some of my former graduates students did. [|Extension Projects] As long as you complete all parts of this assignment on time you will receive full credit. You will receive **NO** credit if any part of this assignment is **late**.

We need ** one ** volunteer to take the role of the discussion director. This job will be to come up with six open ended questions for a few chapters and be the discussion moderator. The first person to contact me will get that role. You must respond to the discussion director's questions by ** April 16. ** That will give you time to work on your own project if you haven't already completed it.


 * The discussion director must post all questions by April 9. **


 * Lance Sun is our discussion director. **

It is **ESSENTIAL** that every part of this assignment is completed on time. The discussions should be about the book and not just congratulatory comments to your classmates.