A great place to start reading is Harvey Daniel's book "Literature Circles: Voice and Choice in book Clubs and Reading Groups" and also "Mini-lessons for Literature Circles" by Harvey Daniels and Nancy Steineke. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Rollin, Edward Wolfe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 11:34 PM Subject: [MOSAIC] Question on Lit. Circles
> I am currently a Masters student and have heard a lot about literature > circles within my various classes. As I am not a practicing teacher > just yet, I am curious about what people have to say about Literature > Circles and their effectiveness in literacy instruction. > Personally, I would really like to try them once in the classroom as > they seem to be very engaging for the students. Any suggestions on > how to start implementing a Lit. Circle for the first time? Any pros, > cons, wish I would have done this better-type suggestions? > > > J. Wolfe > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.