Discussion
Director
Your job is to develop a list of questions that your group might want
to discuss about this part of the book.
Don’t worry about the small details; your task is to help
people
talk over the big ideas in the reading and share their
reactions.
Usually the best discussion questions come from your own thoughts,
feelings, and concerns as you read.
You can list them below during or after your reading.
You may also use some of the general questions below to develop your
own questions.
Illustrator
Your
job is to draw some kind of picture related to the
chapter.
It
can be a
sketch, cartoon, diagram, flow chart, or stick figure
scene.
You can draw a picture of something that is discussed specifically in
the chapter, something that the reading reminded you of, or a picture
that conveys any idea or feeling you got from the
reading.
Any kind of drawing graphic is okay.
Make sure that you label all of your pictures and describe (using
words) what you have drawn.
Have
a
different picture for each chapter assigned to you.
Vocabulary Enricher
Your
job is to be on
the lookout for a few especially important
words.
If you find words that are puzzling or unfamiliar, mark them with a
post-it note while you are reading and later jot down the
definition.
You may also run across familiar words that stand out in the
reading—words that are repeated a lot, are used in an unusual
way, or provide a key to the meaning of the text.
Mark these special words, and be ready to point them out to the
group.
When your circle meets, help members find and discuss these words.
Travel Tracer
When
you are reading
a book in which characters move around often and the scene changes
frequently, it is important for everyone in your group to know where
things are happening and how the setting may have changed. So
it’s your job to track carefully where the action takes
place.
Describe each setting in detail, either in words or with an action map
or diagram you can show to your group.
You may use the back of this sheet or another sheet.
Be sure to give the page locations where the scene is described.
Summarizer
Your
job is to prepare a brief summary of each chapter.
Your group discussion will start with your 1 -2 minute statement that
covers the key points, main highlights, and general idea of the chapter.
Connector
Your
job is to find
connections between the book you’re
reading and the world outside.
This means connecting the reading to your own life, happenings at
school or in the community, similar events at other times and places,
or other people or problems that this book brings to
mind.
You might also see connections between this book and other writings on
the same topic or other writings by the same author.
There are no right answers.
Whatever the reading connects you with is worth sharing!
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