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Literature Circle Roles

Artful Artist
What is the Artful Artist
Creative Connector
What is the Creative Connector
Discussion Director
What is the Discussion Director
Passage Predictor
What is the Passage Predictor
Super Summarizer
What is the Super Summarizer
Word Wizard
What is the Word Wizard

Non-Fiction

Reading Non-Fiction
The Essential Questions
Close Reading Strategies
Analyzing Text Evidence
Author's Purpose Wheel
What's the Purpose?

Poetry

Reading Poetry
The Essential Questions for Reading Poetry
Figurative Language Elements
Questions for Poetry Analysis
Analyzing Poetry
Elements if Narrative Poetry
Mood vs. Tone

What is a Literature Circle?

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What is a Literature Circle?
A PowerPoint presentation of what a literature circle is and the roles within the circle.
Reading Fiction Essential Questions
An introduction to Fiction Reading and Essential Questions
Reading Workshop Fiction Books Daily/Weekly Assignment Chart
An alternative to Homework
Utopia and Dystopia Essential Questions
Essential Questions for Utopian and Dystopian Novels

Subject Guide

Grading Rubric

Evaluation Document

Book Lists

Picture Book List
Picture Books and the Figurative Language Element
Sheon's Picture Books
My Private Collection of Picture Books and What I use them to Teach
Picture Books to Teach History
Picture Books with Historical themes