Reading Circles

Book Club

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Reading circles

9.1.We recorded a story

15. Conclusion

14. Materials & Equipement

13. Objectives

12. Evaluation

5. Notebooks

11. Main Class

10. Procedure

4. Badges

9. Using English

8. The experience

3. Organization of RC

7. Short Stories

2. Aim of Reading Circles

6. Description

1. Introduction

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Promoting students participation with literature with Reading Circles

Reading is fun (damental)

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aim of reading circles

The aim of reading circles is to help students engage with the text and to encourage discussion.

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How are Reading Circles organized

The larger class is divided into smaller groups and, within each group, each student is given a particular role in the discussion beforehand

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Roles

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Every week, each student got a clothes peg with their assigned role

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And they took notes in their notebooks following the assigned role.

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These roles break down the text into small individual assignments for each student. For example, the Word Master reads the text with the understanding that their job is to list and define three to five words that are either new or essential to understanding the reading. The students read the text outside of class time and then come together in their circle during class, using their roles as a basis for conversation.

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What did they read?

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They really read!

Students led discussions...

Students chose the story

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Groups changed each week

the experience of reading circles

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Who says reading can't be fun? The role badges made excellent earrings.o

And they spoke English ALL the time!!!!

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Click and listen!

We recorded a story for the school radio

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As homework, students are tasked with reading the chosen story and doing the task for their assigned role.

Introduce the Reading Circle roles. Give each student a description of each role, and advise them to glue the descriptions in their notebooks. Explain each role and answer any questions students have about the roles.

Split the class into two groups. In each group, allow the students to assign themselves a Reading Circle role. Depending on the number of students in the group, some students will have more than one role.

procedure

End of class before first Story Club (20 minutes) Introduce short story booklet to students. Each student is given a booklet. Students as a group pick the story they want to read first.

Main Class

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Ask the class which story they would like to read next. Assign new groups. Have students pick new roles to perform (students should not be the same Reading Circle role for two consecutive stories.)

Bring the class together. Ask each group to briefly share what was discussed in their group; what they learned about the story and author; what they liked or disliked about the story.

Students discuss the short story using their role as guidance. Each student takes turn speaking and doing the task for their role, for example the Investigator will share information they found about the author and the story.

The instructor will move between groups as an observer, unless students have specific questions or the discussion seems to have veered completely off topic

main class

(5 min) Welcome students. Ask them to get in their Reading Circle group. Remind them of their assigned role. Give each student a role badge, which has been glued to a clothes peg, as a reminder and as something fun to hold.

5 last minutes

10' before end of class

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Reading Circle discussion

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evaluation-informal

Listen to students while they are explaining their role task in their groups. Have students explain what their group discussed. Ask questions about the story or theme to groups, example: Do you like mystery stories? What do you think the title means? Do you think the main character is happy at the end of the story?

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• Summarize the short story• Define 3-5 new words and explain their importance to the story• speak briefly about the author• Connect the story’s theme to previously read stories and/or to a real-life situation

objectives

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• Booklet of short stories • Reading Circle role descriptions • Reading Circle role badges

materials& equipment

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In all, the Reading Circles were a great activity. The use of roles allowed students to engage more fully with the text, speak English, lead their own conversations, and hopefully realize that reading is fun(damental)!

Thank you for your attention!