Building Literature Circles is a comprehensive book, with general information
as well as an in-depth look at actual classroom experiences and teacher-tested
suggestions. Section One discusses the "What, Who, When, Where, Why and How" of
Literature Circles. General information about planning, training, getting started,
managing the Literature Circle classroom, evaluation and grading is presented
in this section of the book. Section Two reveals the anatomy of the Buck-Aydelott
Model for a Literature Circle. It discusses details about its operation, management,
discipline, and evaluation. The authors offer strategies for organizing and conducting
Literature Circles. Section Three provides end-of-book group project ideas, independent
book extension ideas and reader response exercises that are generic in nature
and can be used with any books chosen for Literature Circles. Section Four contains
reproducibles for evaluations and reflections, roles, record keeping, graphic
organizers and patterns. Section Five offers a booklist.
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