Nonfiction+Literature+Circles

** Due April 25th **
 * Literature Circle Roles **



You will be assigned a literature circle group based on your preferred nonfiction book. You may decide upon roles within your group. All students should be prepared to share their final products with the class both in class and via the wiki. You can use the website [|Sugar Changed the World]as an inspiration for your site.

1. * Discussion Leader – creates discussion questions to facilitate discussion among members on the discussion boards and in class. The discussion leader has two responsibilities: n Post at least 5 discussion questions specific to your groups book to the discussion board **before** class meets April 25th, leaving ample time for other group members to respond and discuss. This will be the main forum for your group to discuss the book. n With the help of your group, prepare questions/discussion points inspired by your book that relate to collection development in general. These will be shared with and discussed by the entire class on April 25th. The discussion leaders will facilitate the class discussion on nonfiction collection development. Please consider follow-up questions when appropriate.

2. Bibliographer – creates an annotated list of other print resources on the topic. These can include fiction or nonfiction titles and should be appropriate to the audience targeted by the original book. Extra points will be given to those who can present their list in a creative/appealing way. In other words, think outside the word document! Post your bibliography on your group’s wiki page.

3. Archivist – finds audio/visual materials that relate to the topic. The archivist should create a resource page or another (perhaps more creative) way for students to access these supplementary AV materials. Types of materials might include (but are not limited to) videos, podcasts, photographs, online exhibits, etc. Post your resources on your group’s wiki page.

4. Teacher – brainstorms ideas for integrating the book into the curriculum. Create outlines for at least two **collaborative** lessons (librarian/teacher collaboration) and include the subject area/grade level, the specific lesson topic, the goals for the lesson (if you can tie these to state standards, that would be great!) potential roles of the teacher and the school librarian, how the book will be integrated and how the students will access it (will they each have their own copy? Read an excerpt? If so what pages?) and potential classroom activities & assignments. Lessons can be a detailed lesson for one day, or a more general outline for an entire unit. Post your lessons on your group’s wiki page.

All group members will provide feedback on products created by other group members. You will find a forum on your discussion board where you can discuss your work with each other. Use this for constructive criticism, to share ideas, ask for help – whatever you need.

*All groups are required to have a discussion leader. If your group has fewer than four members, you may chose between the remaining three roles. However, every person must have a different role. In other words, there cannot be two archivists or two teachers.

Use the pages linked below to post links to your lit circle projects. Use the "discussion" tab on each page to go to the discussion forum for your lit circle. by Steve Sheinkin (Kelly Coleman, Teri Kestner, Patricia Ziebart, Christine Konopasek) ||= **//Wheels of Change://** by Sue Macy (Shannon Claycomb, Kristen Fuller, Dawn Watson, Cloey Weber) || by Karen Blumenthal (Chris Bohne, Denyse Eagleson, Mike Havener & Andrea Switzer) ||= **//Music Was It: Young Leonard Bernstein//** by Susan Goldman Rubin (//Jodi Ledeboer, Ashlie Marcy & Cheryl Prairie-Steber//) ||
 * = **//The Notorious Benedict Arnold://**
 * //A True Story of Adventure, Heroism, & Treachery//**
 * //How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom//**
 * //(With a Few Flat Tires Along the Way)//**
 * = **//Bootleg://**
 * //Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition//**