Mini-lessons for Literature Circles

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MINI-LESSONS FOR LITERATURE CIRCLES
HARVEY DANIELS and NANCY STEINEKE
Harvey Daniels' Literature Circles introduced fens of thousands of teachers to the pov^^er of sfudent-led book discussions. Nancy Steineke's Reading and Writing Together showed how a teacher can nurture friendship and collaboration among young readers. Now, Daniels and Steineke team up to focus on one crucial element of the Literature Circle model: the short, teacher-directed lessons that begin, guide, and follow up every successful book club meeting.
Mini-lessons are the secret to book dubs that click. Each of these 45 short, focused, and practical lessons includes Nancy and Harvey's actual classroom language and is formatted to help busy teachers with point-by-point answers to the questions they most frequently ask.
How can I:
¦ steer my students toward deeper comprehension?
¦ get kids interested in each others' ideas?
¦ make sure kids choose just-right books?
¦ help students schedule their reading and... Tovább

Fülszöveg

MINI-LESSONS FOR LITERATURE CIRCLES
HARVEY DANIELS and NANCY STEINEKE
Harvey Daniels' Literature Circles introduced fens of thousands of teachers to the pov^^er of sfudent-led book discussions. Nancy Steineke's Reading and Writing Together showed how a teacher can nurture friendship and collaboration among young readers. Now, Daniels and Steineke team up to focus on one crucial element of the Literature Circle model: the short, teacher-directed lessons that begin, guide, and follow up every successful book club meeting.
Mini-lessons are the secret to book dubs that click. Each of these 45 short, focused, and practical lessons includes Nancy and Harvey's actual classroom language and is formatted to help busy teachers with point-by-point answers to the questions they most frequently ask.
How can I:
¦ steer my students toward deeper comprehension?
¦ get kids interested in each others' ideas?
¦ make sure kids choose just-right books?
¦ help students schedule their reading and meeting time?
¦ deal with kids who don't do the reading?
¦ get kids to pay more attention to literary style and structure?
¦ help special education and ELL students to participate actively in book clubs?
¦ get kids to expand their repertoire of reading strategies?
¦ make sure groups ore on task when I'm not looking over their shoulder?
¦ introduce writing tools (including role sheets) that support student discussion?
¦ help shy or dominating members get the right amount of "airtime?"
¦ give grades for book clubs without ruining the fun?
¦ use scientific research to justify the classroom time I spend on literature circles?
Each mini-lesson spells out everything from the time and materials needed to word-by-word instructions for students. The authors even warn "what could go wrong," helping teachers avoid predictable management problems. With abundant student examples, reproducible forms, photographs of kids in action, and recommended reading lists. Mini-lessons for Literature Circles helps you deepen student book discussions, create lifelong readers, and build a respectful classroom community.
A former city and suburban teacher, Harvey Daniels is professor of education at National-Louis University in Chicago. He is also founding director of the Walloon Institute and coauthor of Subjects Matter; Best Practice, Second Edition; Rethinking High School with a companion video; and A Community of Writers; all published by Heinemann. "Smokey" is also the author of Literature Circles: Voice and Choice in Book Clubs and Reading Groups, Second Edition.
A 27-year veteran of the teaching profession and the author of Reading and Writing Together: Collaborative Literacy in Action (Heinemann,
2002), Nancy Steineke has taught 9-12 English at Victor J. Andrew High School in Tinley Park, Illinois, since 1984. During the summer, she works with Daniels at the Walloon Institute, offering seminars for teachers, administrators, parent leaders, and their families. Vissza