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Appalachian State University: Literature Circles: Dahl, Rowling, and Snicket Unit PlanAppalachian State University: Literature Circles: Dahl, Rowling, and Snicket Unit Plan
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Appalachian State University: Literature Circles: Dahl, Rowling, and Snicket

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If you've wondered about using literature circles in your classroom, materials are provided here for units on Harry Potter, A Series of Unfortunate Events, and two Roald Dahl novels. The units can be downloaded as Word documents. They include samples of student work as well as a framework for implementation.

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harry potter and the goblet of fire, harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban, j.k. rowling, roald dahl, literature circles

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a series of unfortunate events: the austere academy, a series of unfortunate events: the ersatz elevator, a series of unfortunate events: the miserable mill, george's marvelous medicine, lemony snicket, the bfg

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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