Name:

Book:

Date:

Assignment p. ______ to p. ______

The Role of Literary Luminary:

Your job is to locate a few special sections of the text that your group would like to hear read aloud. The idea is to help people remember some interesting, powerful, funny, puzzling, or important sections of the text. You decide which passages or paragraphs are worth hearing, and then jot plans for how they should be shared. At least one of the passages should be read aloud by you. For the others, you can ask someone else to read them or have people read them silently and then discuss.

1.  Page _____  _____________________      __________________

Paragraph ____   _____________________      __________________

2.  Page _____        _____________________       __________________

Paragraph _____       _____________________       ___________________

3.  Page _____        _____________________       ___________________

Paragraph _____      _____________________       ____________________

4.  Page _____        _____________________      ___________________
   
Paragraph _____      _____________________       ___________________
 

Possible reasons for choosing the passage to be shared:

Important
Informative
Surprising
Controversial
Funny
Well written
Confusing
Thought-provoking

Assignment for next meeting p._____ to p. _____
 

From Literature Circles: Voice and Choice in the Student-Centered Classroom by Harvey Daniels.

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