Literature Circle Guide: Where the Red Fern Grows Everything You Need for Successful Literature Circles That Get Kids Thinking, Talking, Writing?and Loving Literature

by Mccarthy, Tara

• ISBN13: 9780439355414
• ISBN10: 0439355419
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-05-01
• Publisher: Teaching Resources

Summary

This one-of-a-kind guide to running literature circles, based on Wilson Rawls' Where the Red Fern Grows, shows teachers how to organize small discussion groups that work! Includes stimulating questions and writing prompts that motivate students to think and respond thoughtfully. As students dive into lively discussions, they learn to identify themes, analyze vocabulary, recognize 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.

Author Biography

Tara McCarthy’s expertise is bringing children’s literature to the classroom. She is the author of several Professional Books including Teaching Literary Elements With Short Stories and Teaching the Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe.

Table of Contents

To the Teacher	p. 4
Using the Literature Circle Guides in Your Classroom	p. 5
Setting Up Literature Response Journals	p. 7
The Good Discussion	p. 8
About Where the Red Fern Grows	p. 9
About the Author: Wilson Rawls	p. 9
Enrichment Readings: People and Dogs, Stories about Animals, The Cherokee	p. 10
Literature Response Journal Reproducible: Before Reading the Book	p. 13
Group Discussion Reproducible: Before Reading the Book	p. 14
Literature Response Journal Reproducible: Chapters 1-3	p. 15
Group Discussion Reproducible: Chapters 1-3	p. 16
Literature Response Journal Reproducible: Chapters 4-6	p. 17
Group Discussion Reproducible: Chapters 4-6	p. 18
Literature Response Journal Reproducible: Chapters 7-8	p. 19
Group Discussion Reproducible: Chapters 7-8	p. 20
Literature Response Journal Reproducible: Chapters 9-11	p. 21
Group Discussion Reproducible: Chapters 9-11	p. 22
Literature Response Journal Reproducible: Chapters 12-13	p. 23
Group Discussion Reproducible: Chapters 12-13	p. 24
Literature Response Journal Reproducible: Chapters 14-15	p. 25
Group Discussion Reproducible: Chapters 14-15	p. 26
Literature Response Journal Reproducible: Chapters 16-18	p. 27
Group Discussion Reproducible: Chapters 16-18	p. 28
Literature Response Journal Reproducible: Chapters 19-20	p. 29
Group Discussion Reproducible: Chapters 19-20	p. 30
Reproducible: After Reading	p. 31
Reproducible: Individual Projects	p. 32
Reproducible: Group Projects	p. 32
Literature Discussion Evaluation Sheet	p. 33
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