Lit Circles

1. Objective: You will read “The Lottery” and
discuss in Literature Circles for comprehension.
Mini Lesson
Student Engagement
Activator
Wrap Up
English
Harmon
arrange and group
assign Lit Circle roles
Intro the short story
Annotate/Think Aloud
Go over Lit Circles
Read: story
Write: answer questions
Talk: Lit Circle
Share: Whole Group
November 24 2015

2. LITERATURE CIRCLESELA
Harmon
PLOT: WHAT HAPPENED EXPLAIN THE CONNECTIONMAKE A CONNECTION
CONNECTOR
1
3
4
2
5
WORLD
TEXT
SELF
WORLD
TEXT
SELF
WORLD
TEXT
SELF
WORLD
TEXT
SELF
Directions: Pick out 5 important plot points.
Make 1 connection between the world, another text or yourself.
WORLD
TEXT
SELF

3. LITERATURE CIRCLESELA
Harmon
ILLUSTRATORDirections: Create a comic strip, image or diagram to illustrate a main
idea or character relationship. Use 2 examples of realistic dialogue.
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sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&
ved=&url=http%3A%2F
%2Fwww.fotosearch.com
%2FUNC235%2Fu23182776%2F&psig=AFQjC
NGyOfDcPRXJCws8KauGwCYb7WTmrA&ust=
1448392335850072
43/5/43596fd3e676e28ed04d00711ed643c158

4. LITERATURE CIRCLESELA
Harmon
STORY MAPPERDirections: Map 5 changes to the characters and settings.

5. LITERATURE CIRCLESELA
Harmon
Character Archetype
Directions: Identify and label the characters in the reading & archetypes.

6. LITERATURE CIRCLESELA
Harmon Wrap Up: Whole Group Share