I went to a workshop that Harvey Daniels the creator of literature circles told us that the former method of using role sheets (such as Illustrator, director, questioner etc.) de-motivates students. Students need to have practice creating questions and answering them. The goal is higher level thinking by reading and answering questions about the book. Sticky notes should be used instead of the role sheets because this is a more realistic way of reading. We as adults do not read a book and draw a picture of a scene in the book. We naturally ask questions. Literature circles should be used to create discussion and understanding of the book.
The information from this workshop can be found at www.walloon.com under conference handouts.
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I like the idea that all students should be encouraged to question when reading and not just the student who has the role of the questioner.
My associate uses the roles you are speaking of when doing literature circles, however, I have not seen this implemented yet. I am interested to see how her method works and maybe I can incorporate questioning into each role when I am teaching.
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