I Appreciate How You Always Come to Literature Circles Prepared and Willing to Share Your

I appreciate how you always come to literature circles prepared and willing to share your ideas with the group. I love getting to see you make connections between the book you are reading and other books; continue to see how many connections you can make! For the Cay, your group had a tendency to get sidetracked. I loved the fact that your discussion was animated and predicted an interesting ending to the book. When you make your predictions, please use evidence from the text to make reasonable predictions! So while it would be possible that Stew Cat could eat something magical and grow wings, there were no mangoes on the island, and he could not gain such a superpower by eating a mango.

B+

I appreciate how you usually come to literature circles prepared and willing to share your ideas with the group. I loved the fact that your discussion was animated and you predicted an interesting ending to the book. When you make your predictions, please use evidence from the text to make reasonable predictions! While it would be possible that Stew Cat could eat something magical and grow wings, there were no mangoes on the island, and he could not gain such a superpower by eating a mango.

I appreciate how you come to literature circles prepared and willing to share your ideas with the group. I love getting to see you make connections between the book you are reading and other information you know; continue to see how many connections you can make! For the Cay, your group had a tendency to get sidetracked. I loved the fact that your discussion was animated and predicted an interesting ending to the book. However, when you make your predictions, please use evidence from the text to make reasonable predictions! So while it would be possible that Stew Cat could eat something magical and grow wings, there were no mangoes on the island, and he could not gain such a superpower by eating a mango.

B+

I need you to come to literature circles with your worksheet prepared. In listening to your discussions, I can tell that you usually read the material, but I do not have any written responses for you for any of Hatchet. You summarize well and make good predictions, but I need you to come to class with specific questions, passages, and words, please.

B-

Thank you for usually coming to literature circles with your worksheet prepared and your reading done. In your group discussion, you tend to become the leader. I need you to take this position and try to make sure that everyone in your group gets a chance to talk. When you become frustrated with your group, I need you to work on working with them rather than tearing them down for their ideas or their incomplete work.

I need you to come to literature circles with your worksheet prepared and your reading done. This is homework; please do it at home. I know that you have been doing your reading most of the time, but doing your worksheet or taking notes for yourself will help you have something to refer to in your group discussion. Having something that you wrote in front of you will give you some of the details that you can use in a discussion, which can be helpful. You answer questions and respond to your group members well, but I would like to see you take initiative in your discussions and start to be more involved in your discussions.

There is a procedure that goes along with literature circles, but the reason we do literature circles is so we can discuss books. Squabbling about the procedure takes away from time when you can have a discussion. You ask very good questions, but you need to make sure that everyone has a chance to think about the question and respond before you move onto something else.

There is a procedure that goes along with literature circles, but the reason we do literature circles is so we can discuss books. Squabbling about the procedure takes away from time when you can have a discussion. When you ask questions, try to make them questions that are more complex than ones that can be answered by anyone who has read the book. Discussion director is not a trivia show; your questions should encourage people to start a conversation.

For Adventures of the Greek Heroes, I very rarely saw you participate in your discussion. I never got one of your worksheets. I do need you to prepare your worksheet ahead of time, and it’s important to me to see you interact with your classmates and share what you think. I know you have important and interesting things to say! Please step into the discussion and make sure that you get a chance to say them, even when other members of your group make it difficult to do so.

B-

For Adventures of the Greek Heroes, I very rarely saw you participate in your discussion. I never got one of your worksheets that was completely filled out. I do need you to prepare your worksheet ahead of time, and it’s important to me to see you interact with your classmates and share what you think. I know you have important and interesting things to say! Please step into the discussion and make sure that you get a chance to say them. Even when your group members make it difficult, you need to step into the discussion!

I have been very impressed with how well your group’s conversation flows. With My Side of the Mountain, I have enjoyed watching your conversation move from one person to another, with each member of the group offering their opinion and letting everyone else also take a turn. Keep up the good work; feel free to push your discussions beyond the worksheet into any other related areas that you find interesting.