Olivia's+Thematic+Unit+Wiki

=Final Unit Plan: = =__**Literature Circles**__=

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My teacher has already informed me I will be teaching my unit on Literature Circles. My first move is to select a theme for all the books I will be selecting. Then, the next move will be to select the actual books. I think I will chose five or six. To introduce the books to the class I am going to do book talks to spike the students interest. After this, students will select the book they want to read, and I will group students together according to their selection. I think the literature circles will meet two or three times a week, but first I will need to introduce all of the roles in literature circles and model them for students. There are also many critical skills I need to ensure students have mastered before they can get the most out of literature circles, such as developing good discussion questions. I am also planning to impliment a final project to conclude our literature circles unit. I want to do something with the flip cameras, because Ms. Killian is very interested in seeing how they could be implimented in the classroom. That is something I could teach her! Ms. Killian told me this would be a challenging unit; however, students really enjoy it, and it would be a good way for us to work together with her wisdom and my use of new technology.======

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