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Literature Cicles and Technolgy
We are going to explore some components of Literature Circles. This is a flexible model and should be adjusted to meet the needs of your students. You will be reading [|Adrift on a Sea of Blue Light] by Peter Muilenburg. You can purchase it on Amazon or from this [|web site]. You will be using a roll sheet and posting work on your wiki page. Take a look at A Sample Student. describes what roll sheets are and gives examples. You may use any of these roles, roles your find from other sources or create one of your own. After completing this activity you need to create a rubric for self-assessment. The rubric should record your own level of response and engagement with the book. Feel free to use or adapt any rubric that you find. Include the rubric on your wiki page. This part of the assignment is due on **Nov****. 22.** The next component of Literature Circles is a discussion. Your classmates will be posting questions and comments on your wiki page by **Nov****. 29.** Be sure check the discussion area of your page and respond to your classmates. This is an opportunity to see some other role sheet examples and you need to dialogue with every student in the class at least once. One of the components of Literature Circles that we won't be covering are Extension Projects. If you are interested in learning about them, take a look at what some of my former graduates students did. [|Extension Projects] As long as you complete all parts of this assignment on time you will receive full credit.

We need **one** volunteer to take the role of the discussion director. This job will be to come up with some open ended questions for a few chapters. The first person to contact me will get that role. **You** must respond to the discussion director's questions by **Nov. 21**
 * The discussion director must post all questions by Nov. 20**
 * ERIN OSHAN is our discussion director. **

Here is an exemplar for you to look at. It was done by a student in my fall 2009 semester based on the novel //Water for Elephants//.

//Water for Elephants// []
 * __Literature__**: Water for Elephants
 * __Author__**: Sara Gruen


 * __Role__**: The responsibility of a Summarizer is to create a logical series of main events from //**Water for Elephants**//. The characters, setting, and plot should also be included. Any multimedia presentation may be used to explain the events of the story in comprehensive sequence of events.


 * __Description__**: Choose a multimedia tool to create a presentation that includes illustrations, text, digital images and/or animation. Illustrations and text must reflect a common theme and must be sequentially linked in order. Highlight any events that are a depiction of symbolism, irony, allusion, and other literary devices.


 * __Rubric__**

The presentation incorporates several digitally recorded illustrations by hand, digital images or digital photos with accompanying text. All spelling, grammar, and syntax must be accurate.
 * __Level 4__**: The multimedia presentation depicts all main events in the story in sequential order.

__**Level 3**:__ The multimedia presentation depicts most of the main events in the story retold in sequential order. The presentation incorporates some digitally recorded illustrations by hand, digital images or digital photos with accompanying text. Most spelling, grammar, and syntax is accurate.

The presentation incorporates somel digitally recorded illustrations by hand, digital images or digital photos with accompanying text. There are some spelling, grammar, and syntax errors.
 * __Level 2__:** The multimedia presentation depicts some of the main events in the story.

The presentation incorporates few or very littlel digital images or digital photos with accompanying text. There are several spelling, grammar, and syntax errors.
 * __Level 1__** The multimedia presentation depicts few or none of the events in the story.