Literature Circle Resources
Role Sheets and Other Student Forms--updated 2011
Lit. Meeting Job Guide Lit. Meeting Guideline
Discussion Director Discussion Director Scoring Guide
Creative Cat Creative Cat Scoring Guide
Literary Luminary Literary Luminary Scoring Guide
Visionary Visionary Scoring Guide
Wordsmith Wordsmith Scoring Guide
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The Roles Defined Literature Circle Student Expectations
Discussion Director
Artistic Adventurer
Character Captain
Connector
Context Collector
Figurative Finder
Literary Luminary
Roles Tracking Sheet
Reading Log - The form students use to keep track of their weekly reading. This includes minutes read, how read, title and author, and a monitors initials.
Readers Workshop Assignment Guide- a guide for students to track and record assignments related to readers workshop
Literature Circle Packet
Multiple Roles Sheet
Post-it Notes Recording Forms
Windows Notes Role Sheets - Use this form to prepare for discussion
Reading Response Journal Questions
Literature Circle Bookmark Cut Out
Pre and Post-Group Journal Forms - Used to prepare and reflect on group discussions
Good Readers Ask Questions - A graphic organizer that students use to form a variety of questions
Search and Find - Perfect for hunting down elements of nonfiction
Reflections and Scoring Guides
Literature circles involve much discussion among students, but grades are still a part of the classroom experience, so I've designed several rubrics to use with literature circles. Sometimes students are evaluated individually for their efforts in the literature circles and at other times, the groups are evaluated as a unit with all members of the group receiving the same grade. During the literature circles, I move around the room or sit where I can observe several groups at once and become the listener in these literary discussions. Although I might interject a comment or question, the group runs their own discussion based on the roles and topics assigned. The rubric below is an example of the grading criteria used to give a group grade.
Role Sheet Scoring Guide - Used to score student effort upon timely completion of their role sheet
Literature Circles Assessment Form for Discussion Groups - Groups use this form to reflect on their meeting or the teacher can use it to evaluate the group
Literature Circle
Self-Assessment Form - Each student can use this form to reflect on their
individual contribution to Literature Circle Meetings
Literature Circle
Scoring Guide 1 (holistic)- An individual scoring guides for the teacher to evaluate
students with and give a group grade
Literature Circle Scoring Guide 2 - Another individual scoring guide for the teacher to evaluate students with
Literature Circle
Scoring Guide 3 - (holistic) Yet another individual Scoring Guide that is very complete
Literature Circle Group Scoring Guide
Discussion Assessment Form #2 - Used for a group grade or a reflection
Scoring Guide for the Student and Teacher to Use - A way to reflect and be
scored on performance
Weekly Scoring Guide
- A Scoring guide the teacher may use to evaluate reading performance throughout
the week
Weekly Scoring Guide 2 - Another scoring guide to evaluate daily performance that can accumulate for a weekly grade
Attendance Evaluation -
As a group each member can be scored by their peers
Independent Reading
Scoring Guide
Reading Log
Scoring Guide - Used to grade students on their responses to independent
reading
Another Reading Log Scoring Guide
Independent Writing, Reading, and Partner Reading Scoring Guides
Group Scoring Guide -Used to grade how the group works together and their preparation