Part 4: Literature Circle

Goals:

1. The teacher will present examples of final creative projects to help explain to the students what
the "boundaries" are for the final project.
2. The groups will begin to think about possibilities for their final project
3. For the teacher to introduce the aspects of learning through a "Literature Circle"
4. To promote further discussion and learning of survival on a ship in"Literature Circle" groups,
using Timothy of the Cay.

1. Multiple copies of Timothy of the Cay by Theodore Taylor (1993, Avon Books Pub.)

1. The teacher will present models of creative projects on survival to the students.
(i.e. 3 dimensional model ship, video, skits, etc.)
2. The teacher will explain the "boundaries" for the final creative project (the boundaries include a creative
project on shipsurvival, water survival, or land survival.)
3. The teacher will inform the students to get into their groups and begin to brainstorm ideas for a final
creative project.
4. The teacher will walk around and answer any questions the groups may haveabout final
creative projects.
5. The teacher will introduce the "Literature Circle" learning activity
6. The students will get into their groups to participate in the "Literature Circle" learning activity, which
includes taking notes on survival on a ship fromTimothy of the Cay.
7. The teacher will write aspects of survival on a ship that the students share with the class
on the chalkboard.
8. The students will take notes on the terms written on the chalkboard.

1. Understanding the boundaries and having knowledge of various possibilities for the final creative
project (Criteria for success = Students will have little or no confusion about what they
can do for their final creative project)
2. The groups will brainstorm possibilities for their final project. (Criteria for success = Students will
have little or no confusion about what they can do for their final creative project.
3. The students will understand the expectations of the "Literature Circle." (Criteria for success = The
students do not have any questions about the objectives of the "Literature Circle.")
4. Further learning through "Literature Circle" discussion (Criteria for success = Each group will have
identified a major portion of the details of "survival on a ship" from the novel)

Go Back To "Survival on a Ship" Part 3: Waterworld: Quest for the Mariner

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Survival developed by: David Didier, Justin Brandt, Travis Glandt, and Steve Raethz for the St. Norbert College Ocean Voyagers Program