Literature Circle Guide: Maniac Magee Everything You Need For Successful Literature Circles That Get Kids Thinking, Talking, Writing?and Loving Literature

by Finn, Perdita

• ISBN13: 9780439163620
• ISBN10: 0439163625
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-02-01
• Publisher: Teaching Resources

Summary

This one-of-a-kind guide to running literature circles based on Jerry Spinelli’s Maniac Magee shows you how to organize your students into discussion groups that work! Includes stimulating questions and writing prompts that motivate students to think and respond thoughtfully. As your students dive into lively discussions, they learn to identify themes, analyze vocabulary, study the author’s craft, and respond meaningfully to the text – all of which meet state and national language arts standards. For use with Grades 4-8.

Table of Contents

To the Teacher	4	(1)
Using the Literature Circle Guides in Your Classroom	5	(2)
Setting Up Literature Response Journals	7	(1)
The Good Discussion	8	(1)
About Maniac Magee	9	(1)
About the Author	9	(1)
Jerry Spinelli
Enrichment Readings: Folk Heroes, Illiteracy in America, Segregation	10	(3)
Literature Response Journal Reproducible: Before Reading the Book	13	(1)
Group Discussion Reproducible: Before Reading the Book	14	(1)
Literature Response Journal Reproducible: Before the Story and Chapter 1	15	(1)
Group Discussion Reproducible: Before the Story and Chapter 1	16	(1)
Literature Response Journal Reproducible: Chapters 2-6	17	(1)
Group Discussion Reproducible: Chapters 2-6	18	(1)
Literature Response Journal Reproducible: Chapters 7-13	19	(1)
Group Discussion Reproducible: Chapters 7-13	20	(1)
Literature Response Journal Reproducible: Chapters 14-21	21	(1)
Group Discussion Reproducible: Chapters 14-21	22	(1)
Literature Response Journal Reproducible: Chapters 22-26	23	(1)
Group Discussion Reproducible: Chapters 22-26	24	(1)
Literature Response Journal Reproducible: Chapters 27-32	25	(1)
Group Discussion Reproducible: Chapters 27-32	26	(1)
Literature Response Journal Reproducible: Chapters 33-38	27	(1)
Group Discussion Reproducible: Chapters 33-38	28	(1)
Literature Response Journal Reproducible: Chapters 39-46	29	(1)
Group Discussion Reproducible: Chapters 39-46	30	(1)
Reproducible: After Reading	31	(1)
Reproducible: Individual Projects	32	(1)
Reproducible: Group Projects	32	(1)
Literature Discussion Evaluation Sheet	33