1. Literary Analysis
Literature circles rubric

2. What words come to mind when you see this symbol?$

3. How do I discuss literature?
To know what I should be focusing on when I conduct myself during literature circles.
To understand how to enhance and develop my ideas from other people’s ideas.
To be able to prepare for the literature circles session by writing in bullet-point form notes that you can use during your group discussions.
Questions; Literary Terms; Symbols;
Themes; Conflict; Setting; Tutorial

4. Questions; Literary Terms; Symbols;
To know what I should be focusing on when I conduct myself during literature circles.
Complete the worksheet on literary terms.
There may be some literary terms that you’re unsure about, but do the easy ones first.
Feel free to look up the terms on your phones.
Questions; Literary Terms; Symbols;
Themes; Conflict; Setting; Tutorial

5. What are literature circles?
To know what I should be focusing on when I conduct myself during literature circles. To understand how to enhance and develop my ideas from other people’s ideas.
What are literature circles?
You will be assigned a group to discuss the short story in your teams.
This is helpful because it will prepare you for tutorials in college.
Let’s go through the rubric for the literature cirles.
Questions; Literary Terms; Symbols;
Themes; Conflict; Setting; Tutorial

6. Questions; Literary Terms; Symbols;
To understand how to enhance and develop your ideas from other people ideas.
To be able to prepare for the literature circles by writing bullet-point form notes that you can use during your literature circle discussions.
“One of These Days” By Gabriel García Márquez
We’ll read it, then you will have a few minutes to write in bullet points your analysis of the short story.
Use the Literary Analysis Questions sheet and Elements of a Short Story
Questions; Literary Terms; Symbols;
Themes; Conflict; Setting; Tutorial

7. The Fishbowl Activity
Adam Wrestch

8. The Basics
You have two groups: The observers (outside) and the speakers (inside).
The speakers will either debate or discuss a topic that they have been learning in lesson.
The observers write down notes to assess and learn from the discussion. The observers have specific roles.
Teachers will have to “train” students to setup this activity. You may need more than one lesson for students to fully understand how to conduct themselves in this activity.