Reading comprehension as social constructive: Literature circles

Reading Comprehension as Social-Constructive:

Literature Circle Discussions

1/3 of the teacher-identified “successful” readers struggled

with comprehension

IRE

Teacher INITIATES, students RESPOND, and

then teacher EVALUATES.

Why is IRE a problem?FOCUS ON …

Literal recall

Reaching consensus

What teachers say

Narrow definition of literacy

Source: Serafini, F. (2009).Interactive Comprehension Strategies.

RATHER THAN …

Deep comprehension

Exploring possibilities

How students listen and respond

Expanded view of what it means to be literate

Literature Discussions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vofp2jql528

Seeing It In Practice: Teachers Using Roles

Seeing It In Practice: Studentshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlJJhP3frUQ&feature=fvwrel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKurPZvArAM

Comprehension VocabularyDeep thinking about textsSocial skillsVerbal SkillsLearn about booksLearn about each otherLearn about the world

Scaffold with RolesDiscussion Director: acts as group’s facilitator; creates open-ended questions that will stimulate discussion; focus on themes/big ideasCharacter Captain: thinks about who the characters are, how they act, how they think, how they feel, and what their reasons and motivations might be for doing what they do.Connector: makes text-to-self, text-to-world, and text-to-text connections; makes connections to what you’re studying; make disconnections.Literary Luminator: locates examples of amazing/interesting writing that could be read aloud to the group; guides oral reading for a purpose; examines figurative language, parts of speech, and vivid descriptionsWord Wizard: locates amazing/interesting words; looks for new words or words used in unusual ways; reflects on words central to the text; clarifies word meanings; points to the words in contextReporter: prepares a summary of the book or selected reading; highlights the important details, events, and characters.

Scaffold with RolesDiscussion Director: acts as group’s facilitator; creates open-ended questions that will stimulate discussion; focus on themes/big ideas

Scaffold with RolesDiscussion Director: acts as group’s facilitator; creates open-ended questions that will stimulate discussion; focus on themes/big ideasCharacter Captain: thinks about who the characters are, how they act, how they think, how they feel, and what their reasons and motivations might be for doing what they do.

Scaffold with RolesDiscussion Director: acts as group’s facilitator; creates open-ended questions that will stimulate discussion; focus on themes/big ideasCharacter Captain: thinks about who the characters are, how they act, how they think, how they feel, and what their reasons and motivations might be for doing what they do.Connector: makes text-to-self, text-to-world, and text-to-text connections; makes connections to what you’re studying; make disconnections.

Scaffold with RolesDiscussion Director: acts as group’s facilitator; creates open-ended questions that will stimulate discussion; focus on themes/big ideasCharacter Captain: thinks about who the characters are, how they act, how they think, how they feel, and what their reasons and motivations might be for doing what they do.Connector: makes text-to-self, text-to-world, and text-to-text connections; makes connections to what you’re studying; make disconnections.Literary Luminator: locates examples of amazing/interesting writing that could be read aloud to the group; guides oral reading for a purpose; examines figurative language, parts of speech, and vivid descriptions

Scaffold with RolesDiscussion Director: acts as group’s facilitator; creates open-ended questions that will stimulate discussion; focus on themes/big ideasCharacter Captain: thinks about who the characters are, how they act, how they think, how they feel, and what their reasons and motivations might be for doing what they do.Connector: makes text-to-self, text-to-world, and text-to-text connections; makes connections to what you’re studying; make disconnections.Literary Luminator: locates examples of amazing/interesting writing that could be read aloud to the group; guides oral reading for a purpose; examines figurative language, parts of speech, and vivid descriptionsWord Wizard: locates amazing/interesting words; looks for new words or words used in unusual ways; reflects on words central to the text; clarifies word meanings; points to the words in context

Scaffold with RolesDiscussion Director: acts as group’s facilitator; creates open-ended questions that will stimulate discussion; focus on themes/big ideasCharacter Captain: thinks about who the characters are, how they act, how they think, how they feel, and what their reasons and motivations might be for doing what they do.Connector: makes text-to-self, text-to-world, and text-to-text connections; makes connections to what you’re studying; make disconnections.Literary Luminator: locates examples of amazing/interesting writing that could be read aloud to the group; guides oral reading for a purpose; examines figurative language, parts of speech, and vivid descriptionsWord Wizard: locates amazing/interesting words; looks for new words or words used in unusual ways; reflects on words central to the text; clarifies word meanings; points to the words in contextReporter: prepares a summary of the book or selected reading; highlights the important details, events, and characters.

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Literature Circle Discussions in 3-6