Literature+Circles

Literature circles is a strategy for novel study. Four or five different novels are studied at the same time and students have some choice in the novel they are reading. In small groups, students have different roles and the discussion is structured. Novels from the White Pine Reading Program could be used for this purpose.

For more details, please see: http://www.elan.on.ca/ThinkLiteracy/ThinkLiteracy.pdf - see page 64

http://www.edselect.com/literature_circles.htm

http://www.gecdsb.on.ca/schools/elem/lps/just%20read/litcirclewhy.htm

http://www.saskschools.ca/curr_content/bestpractice/litcircles/index.html