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- ESL PROGRAM
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- LITERATURE CIRCLES
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A. What are Literature Circles?Literature Circles are a teaching method used to allow students to share ideas and thoughts about material they have read together as a class. They can be modified so that students in a second language program can maintain a group discussion with ease. By choosing reading material at an appropriate level and providing students with some guidance as to questions to ask one another, students are able to effectively communicate their ideas to their peers, thus building their confidence in speaking a second language. During Literature Circle discussions, students are normally divided into groups of 3 or 4, and are assigned different roles, some of which may be:
B. Why Use Literature Circles in Your Second Language Program?
C. Teaching ResourcesSupplement the existing online ESL eBooks with our Literature Circles Program. Literature Circles Program: Our Literature Circles Program includes a lesson plan, homework ideas, classroom activities, and rubrics to help evaluate your students. Literature Circles Worksheets: These worksheets contain questions to assist you implementing literature circles discussion groups, as well as reading comprehension questions that supplement each of the ebooks. You may also choose to run a Literature Circles lesson in you classroom at the end of your unit. As part of your purchase you will be able to download a Teacher's Guide that includes:
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D. Evaluating Your StudentsReading: Before the discussion groups, the student will read the material. You can evaluate your students' reading comprehension skills in a variety of ways.
Writing: Prior to group discussions, you can assign projects based on the reading material. The following are some examples.
Oral: Literature Circles allow you to evaluate your students' oral abilities in a number of different ways.
Auditory: Prior to the Literature Circles discussion groups.
Auditory: During and after the Literature Circles discussion groups.
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