Mini-Lessons for Literature Circles

Acknowledgments ix Joining the Book Club 1(28) Really Reading in Literature Circles 3(1) What Do Book Clubs Look Like? 4(1) What Are Mini-lessons? 5(1) Why Do You Need Mini-lessons? 6(1) What Topics Do Mini-lessons Cover? 7(4) Social Skills 7(2) Reading Strategies 9(1) Literary Analysis 10(1) When Do You Teach Mini-lessons? 11(5) Calendar 1 13(2) Calendar 2 15(1) Do Literature Circles Run All Year Long? 16(1) Which Mini-lesson Do You Teach When? 17(1) How Are Mini-lessons Organized in This Book? 18(1) How Did We Choose These Forty-five Mini-lesson Topics? 19(1) How Do You Teach Mini-lessons Well? 20(3) Adapt Them to Your Class 20(1) Provide Students with Journals 21(1) Be Ready to Switch Roles 21(2) Are These Mini-lessons Useful Only for Literature Circles? 23(1) Does Scientific Research Support Literature Circles? 23(1) What About Educational Standards? 24(1) Who Are We? 25(2) Why the Starfish? 27(1) Recommended Readings 27(2) Getting Ready for Peer-Led Discussions 29(42) Class Icebreaker: Find Someone Who 31(7) Conversational Warm-up: Membership Grid 38(5) Home Court Advantage 43(5) Defining Discussion Skills 48(7) Think-Aloud 55(8) Written Conversation 63(8) Practicing with Short Text: Tools for Thoughtful Response 71(35) Role Sheets 75(5) Response Logs 80(5) Post-its 85(4) Bookmarks 89(4) Drawing 93(7) Text Coding 100(6) Getting Started with Whole Books 106(20) Presenting Book Choices with Book Talks 108(4) Presenting Book Choices with a Book Pass 112(3) Setting Ground Rules 115(3) Making a Reading Calendar 118(4) Dealing with the First Chapter 122(4) Refining Discussion Skills: Creating Deeper Comprehension 126(33) Asking Good Questions 128(5) Asking Follow-up Questions 133(5) Save the Last Word for Me 138(5) Prove It! Taking It Back to the Book 143(5) Discussion Skill Table Cards 148(6) Getting More Mileage Out of Drawings 154(5) Solving Problems: Students and Groups Who Struggle 159(29) Books on Tape 162(4) Dealing with Slackers and Unprepared Members 166(4) Sharing Airtime: Helping Dominant or Shy Members 170(4) Overcoming Off-Task Triggers 174(4) Extending Discussion When You've Run Out of Stuff on Your Notes but the Clock Is Still Running 178(3) Don't Spoil the Ending 181(4) Abandoning a Book 185(3) Examining the Author's Craft 188(30) Savoring Powerful Language 190(3) Taking Note of Strong Verbs 193(5) Examining the Setting with Research 198(8) The Envelope, Please: Predicting Plot and Character 206(4) Looking at Characterization 210(8) Assessment and Accountability 218(27) Post-Discussion Journaling 221(4) Goal Setting for Group Improvement 225(4) Using Student Observers 229(5) Eye in the Sky Videotaping 234(5) Developing a Rubric with Students 239(6) Performance Projects That Rock 245(32) Tableaux 247(6) Readers Theater 253(6) Skit with Narration 259(6) Talk Show 265(8) Brief the President 273(4) Do It Yourself! 277(4) Appendix 281(9) Find Someone Who 282(1) Membership Grid 283(1) Book Pass Review Sheet 284(1) Abandoned Book Report 285(1) The Envelope, Please 286(1) Observation Sheet 287(1) Character Resume 288(1) Video Reflections 289(1) References 290