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Welcome to our Lit Circle Unit!

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This is a unit drive by your own passion for reading. Mr. Fitton will provide many novels for study. Variety and options are the spice of life (excuse the cliched statement)

You will choose a novel that you will read with a group of 3-5 other students. We will do a variety of lit circle roles, projects and blogs that relate to your novel. This will be a chance to explore your own learning and come to a greater understanding of a novel on your own. As opposed to a traditional teacher-led class novel you are being empowered to control your own learning. This is how most of your education will be after school. Enjoy this exciting unit! 

1. We will watch a brief speech by Barrack Obama, where he highlights the importance of Literacy as a vehicle to counteract the "Empathy Deficit" prevalent in society. 

​2. Mr. Fitton will introduce the lit circle books available to the class. 
-We will have a brief intro to the book
-Class will vote on a number to stay
-We will divide up into groups

​3. Mr. Fitton will distribute Lit Circle handout and as a class, we will go over what our journey will include. 
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4. Read our books for the rest of class.
5. Next day -  Lots of reading time first full day, then one sticky note and a first impressions free write (What do you think so far to be submitted). Decide if it is the book you want to stick with.  
6. Each day, during the unit we will have 15-20 minutes of relaxing reading time, and we will run  unit concurrently (Students can pick from poetry, new media, or other options). 
Below are the assignments we will complete throughout the unit. 
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We Did:

1. Character twitter feeds partway through the novel.
2. Field trip to local cafe to do a lit circle discussion.
3. Reggio provocation (what object would your character choose and why - support with three quotes/examples from the story and detailed explanation).
4. Character Journey with a partner (or lone wolf)
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See file below for examples of student provocation responses. 
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Post novel reflection: We had a campfire and sharing circle where we had to respond to the following question "How will you think or act differently now that you've read this book" - this ties in with our initial video clip from Barrack Obama who mentioned the concept of the "Empathy Deficit"
Examples of the Stickey note assignment
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Example Character Journey Assignments

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