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In Literature Circles, small groups of students gather together to discuss a piece of


literature in depth. The discussion is guided by students' responses to what they have
read (talking about events and characters in the book, the author's craft, or personal
experiences related to the story).

Literature Circles provide a way for students to engage in critical thinking and reflection
as they read, discuss (structured), and respond to books and even onto the
understanding of other readers. Each member of the group will have a specific task or
role to play. Thus, collaboration is at the heart of this activity!

Illustrator: Good readers make pictures in their minds as they read. This is a chance to
share some of your own images and visions. Draw some kind of picture related to the
reading you have just done.

Language Wizard: The words a writer chooses are an important ingredient of the
author’s craft. Your job is to be on the lookout for a few words that have special,
puzzling and/ or unfamiliar meaning in the story.

Travel Tracer: When you are reading a book in which characters move around often
and the scene changes frequently, it is important for everyone to know where things are
happening and how the setting may have changed. That’s your job: carefully track
where the action takes place during today’s reading.

Discussion Facilitator: When you are reading a book in which characters move
around often and the scene changes frequently, it is important for everyone to know
where things are happening and how the setting may have changed. That’s your job:
carefully track where the action takes place during today’s reading.

Literary Critic: Your job is to analyze some special sections or quotations in the text for
your group to talk over through the use of a specific LITERARY THEORY. The idea is to
help people go back to some interesting, powerful, puzzling, and/or important sections
of the reading and mark their worth more carefully.

Theory Discussion: Talk over about the theory used, its important points and focus as
a literary theory leading to the connection to the text being read/ studied.

Theory Application: Present textual evidences, then explain the meaning of the
excerpt and how the quoted lines support the main point of the theory.

Reflector: Your job is to find connections between the book and you, and between the
book and the wider world (own past experiences, happenings in the society, news,
lessons and values learned).

Note: Each Group is given a maximum of 10 minutes to present the assigned text.
Adapted and Modified from: Magtibay, F.G. (2017). Literary Circles Guidelines.DLSL, SHS Department.

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