You will READ the short story Charles by Shirley Jackson. As you read through the story you will ANNOTATE your page using either STICKY NOTES or INK. You are free to write on and mark up the page however you wish. Once you have annotated your piece you will record the KEY DETAILS that you … Continue reading Charles: Focusing on Literacy Skills [Annotating]
These ten key literacy skills are used in every classroom, regardless of subject or grade area. Using these, or slightly modified, headers on your assignment sheets will help students understand that the skills exist from one subject area to the next. It will also help you chunking your assignments so they are easier for students … Continue reading Overview of the Ten Key Literacy Skills
Literacy Skills are transferable skills that permeate cross-curricular lessons from kindergarten to post-secondary classrooms. Students use these skills to process each text they encounter, be it a map, a math problem, a song, a blue print, a short story, a painting, or any number of other things. Many students fail to recognize that they use … Continue reading Literacy Skills – An Introduction
In traditional classrooms the entire class reads one novel, as the teacher guides their students through the text. This is not the case with Literature Circles. Literature Circles allow students to choose texts that resonate with them; choice allows for ownership, which heights student engagement with their text. In literature circles, small groups of students … Continue reading Literature Circles – An Introduction
To run a literature circle you first need to determine what sort of assessments you're looking for. Next, you will need to block off enough time for students to complete their readings, as well as their projects. Planning the Assessments I use four role sheets that students complete as they read their text, followed up … Continue reading How to Run Literature Circles
Now that you have familiarized yourself with Literature Circles, and how they run, you may find yourself in need of assignments and handouts to provide to your students. Feel free to distribute my sheets for non-commercial purposes. Downloads Literature Circles - The Complete Package Role Sheets Project-Based Assignment Daily Journaling Topics Part 1: Literature Circles … Continue reading Literature Circles – Resources
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