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Literature Circle Packet

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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 the worksheets included here.

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CCSS: Adaptable
Instructional Ideas
  • Quite a few of these pages could be used as literature worksheets outside of the literature circle context
  • Pick and choose your favorite materials and literature circle roles from these materials to make a packet that fits your vision
Classroom Considerations
  • The resource does not say how to put this packet together, and some materials are very similar, so you will need to spend some time deciding the order of pages and picking and choosing your favorites
Pros
  • These materials could be used with just about any book
  • Provides a customizable cover page
  • Comes with plenty of different worksheets and roles to go along with literature ciricles
Cons
  • The pages of this packet appear to have been scanned, so some pages are a bit crooked and are visually low quality