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Literature Circles: Lesson Plans and More
What are the major roles in literature circles? Check out this site to learn more about the individual roles needed to form a literature circle. Includes links to various reading handouts and lessons.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Popular Culture: Book Clubs
This lesson focuses on the benefits of joining a book club to discuss and connect with books and the benefits of reading for pleasure. It provides a "How to Start Your Own Book Club" presentation and provides links to a decription of...
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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Wired for Words: Online Book Club
Wired for Words is an excellent site for students from K-12 to find books that would interest them. It has a searchable database of book reviews, many submitted by site users. It maintains high standards of quality when choosing the...
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Book Club Lesson Plan: The Watsons Go to Birmingham
Explore this comprehensive book club lesson plan for "The Watsons Go to Brimingham-- 1963," by Christopher Paul Curtis.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Sharing Summer Reading Through Literature Circles
This activity allows young scholars to discuss the assigned summer reading in literature circles with respect to plot, character, and theme. Students work in groups of three to four to produce a slideshow presentation of one of the...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Girls Read: Online Literature Circles
For this lesson 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.
African American Literature Book Club
African American Literature Book Club: Chinua Achebe
This site includes a brief biography of Achebe, the video [9:13] "Nigerian Writer Chinua Achebe on CNN's 'African Voices'" and links to 17 of his books.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Talking About Books to Improve Comprehension
This lesson is a conversation-starter! In this lesson, students learn about striking up deep-thought conversations and staying on topic in the form of a book talk.
NC State University
Global Book Club: The Westing Game
Do you like mystery and intrigue in your literature? This site features activities for the mystery story, "The Westing Game," by Ellen Raskin. Come and check out these cross-curricular activities.
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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.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Technology: Talk Like a Sailor
Learn some of the words a sailor uses to talk about a boat. Includes audio narration in English, Spanish, and Turkish with text in English.
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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.
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Bab Books: On Line Stories and Resources for Kids
Collection of children's books online. Some of the books are "Talking books," and children can create their own story by using Adlib and even have the story read back to them.
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Wired for Words: Online Book Club
Wired for Words is an excellent site for students from K-12 to find books that would interest them. It has a searchable database of book reviews, many submitted by site users. It maintains high standards of quality when choosing the...
Rick Beach
Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition: Leading Student Responses
The textbook entitled Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition contains activities for Chapter 5 reflection. Intended for high school teachers, this site contains activities that will extend the content from the Chapter 5. Focus...
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Nerdy Book Club: Reading Is Art, by S. J. Dahlstrom
This blogpost is by the author of the Wilder Good series of novels about life in West Texas and southern Colorado. The author encourages reading as a way of finding beauty in the world. The blog site is created by four teachers.
African American Literature Book Club
African American Literature Book Club: The Pyramids of Egypt
Considered to be the "largest single building ever constructed by man," The Great Pyramid of Khufu is regarded as the greatest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. This article gives a detailed description of this pyramid,...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Because of Winn Dixie
During this lesson, two classes in different locations will participate separately in literature circles using Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo. The discussion of the book will be a collaborative project using distance learning.
Fact Monster
Fact Monster: Classic Picture Books
Type with farm animals, talk with a dog, and read poetry about insects. Entertaining stories and interesting artwork are enjoyed by students of all ages. Use this list of classic picture books for suggestions.
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The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
Learn all about the role of the illustrator and picture books by visiting this museum site. Founded by and named for renowned author and illustrator Eric Carle, this site includes a variety of information for learners, teachers, and...
Kids' Wings
Texas Bluebonnet Books: "How to Talk to Your Dog"
Here you will find a variety of student activities to enhance the children's book "How to Talk to Your Dog," by Jean Craighead George.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: How Do I Know? Walks and Talks With Uncle Merton by a.t. Elwes
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book How Do I Know? Walks and Talks with Uncle Merton by Alfred Thomas Elwes [1870], an illustrated novel.