Lit Circle Presentations
Literature circle groups will present in class on Wednesday, April 23rd, Monday, April 28th and Wednesday, April 30th.
Presentations should be between thirty and forty minutes, and should involve all group members.
As I described them in class, these presentations are a kind of “book report” with pizzazz! They are a way for you, as a group, to pull together your thinking about the book and share it.
Some ideas are:
Acting out a scene from the book.
Interviewing each other about the book.
Interviewing a character from the book (group members act as characters)
Poster
Reviews (have groups member “duel” over the book, come at it from different perspectives)
Create a scene that didn’t happen from the book but comes out of your thinking about it.
Pass out key passages to the class, read them, and discuss.
Create a time-line of the book.
Create a panel of “experts” on the book (share information about the text not found in it)
Find others who have read the book and bring in their perspectives (videotaped, audio, written, etc.)
Create a new character for the book.
Collages representing various parts of the book or characters
Any type of artwork representing the book
An original skit based on the book
An advertising campaign from the book
Diary of a character
Letter recommending the book to an acquisitions librarian (if our library doesn’t already have this book, then actually send the letter!)
Interview with the author (real in print, audio, or video, or recreate one using group members)
Letters to or from a character (or between characters)
The story rewritten for young kids as a picture book
Party plans for all the characters in the book
News broadcast reporting key events from the book (or about the book)
Family tree of a key character
Gravestone and eulogy for a character
Puppet show
Board game (or other type of game) based on the book (remember it has to be accessible for people who haven’t read the text, unless the group members are going to play it in front of the audience)
(Some of the above ideas borrowed from Literature Circles: Voice and Choice in the Students Centered Classroom by Harvey Daniels)
**Whatever you choose, be sure that you make it clear to the audience how your choice of presentation is relevant to the book — give context and clear explanations.
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Jennifer:
would it be ok if I wrote and recorded a song on guitar about the book, dealing with themes within the text? Or if possible, could I bring in my (acoustic) guitar and perform the song for the class? Another idea I had was to play Risk (a tactical board game) with the class, but set up the territories in a 1984-like fashion i,e; Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia battling for Africa and India. These are just some ideas I will share with Breanne and Bridget. get bak2me soon.
BP