2. WHAT IS A LITERATURE CIRCLE?
A literature circle is a
students' equivalent in
the classroom of an
adult book club. The
aim is to encourage
student-choice and a
love of reading ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li
terature_circle
8. STRUCTURE YOUR CIRCLE USING
STUDENT COMMENTS
Teacher creates posts
with directions etc.
Students respond via
comments
Students can all
complete the same
assignment or have
roles
Teacher moderates all
comments
http://mrsperrybfg.blog
spot.com/2007/01/litera
ture-circle-bfg-
vocabulary.html
http://mrsperrycharlotte
sweb.blogspot.com/
Student Comments Examples
9. STRUCTURE YOUR CIRCLE USING
STUDENT BLOG POSTS
http://annavhs5.edublo
gs.org/2010/03/16/the-
history-of-love-reader-
response-p14-34-a-
fathers-love-for-a-child/
http://jeffvhs5.edublogs
.org/2010/02/24/chapte
rs-10-11-reader-
response-unraveling-
of-the-golden-thread/
• Teacher sets up student
author accounts on the
class blog
• Students have roles and
complete their role
responses by posting
articles to the class blog
• Students comment on each
other’s posts
• Teacher moderates posts
and comments
Examples Student Blog Posts
10. BLOG PAGES
About me
Literature Circle -
Rules, Guidelines,
Documents
Parent’s page
Blog Guidelines
http://ppsblogs.net/ruth
okoye/about-ruth/
http://blogs.district279.
org/albrechtb/literature-
circle-block-2/
http://tpfluger.edublogs.
org/parents/
http://huzzah.edublogs.
org/commenting-
guidelines/
Pages you might want to
include Examples
12. BLOG POSTS
Introduction
Roles/Responsibilities
Team information
Project information
Role assignments
Teacher posts
Starting Out Discussion prompts
14. ACCOUNTS
Teachers will be given permanent accounts after
receiving training. Training will be offered 2-3 times
a year. Accounts with no activity in any 9 week
period will be considered inactive and will be
archived.
15. MODERATION
The teacher with administrative responsibilities for
the product is required to moderate all activity on
school blogs and/or wikis.
16. PARENT NOTIFICATION
Parents should be informed that a blog/wiki/podcast
is published on the web as an extension of the
student’s class. The URL for the blog/wiki should
be provided to the parent at the time of notification.
17. STUDENT ACCOUNTS
Students may post on the classroom blog as
readers, writers, or editors. Students may post
wikis as writers or editors. Students may not post
as administrators. Student accounts may use their
first name and last initial or any other appropriate
pseudonym.
18. INTERNET SAFETY
At no time may a student be identified by first and
last name. Student photographs may not be
published without release from a parent/guardian.
Photos of students may combined with student
names and/or school name and/or school location
in any posts.
