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What is Literature Circles

Chapter 15
Handbook of Research on Teaching Diverse Youth Literature to Pre-Service Professionals
Small groups of students share their own ideas, opinions and personal experiences in response to literature. Through this dialogue, a new transaction or understanding of the text is created.
Published in Chapter:
Preservice Teachers: Transforming the World One Book at a Time
Deanna Day (Washington State University, USA)
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 20
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7375-4.ch015
Abstract
This chapter describes how a children's literature educator provided a space for preservice teachers to select, read, and discuss diverse and social justice literature through read-alouds and literature circles. In addition, the preservice teachers questioned and challenged their own assumptions about their world during a semester-long read-aloud partnership with elementary students focusing on diverse or social justice children's literature. The college students involved the children in discussions around the texts and planned response activities for them. The findings suggest that partnerships, emphasizing diverse literature, help preservice teachers practice how to choose diverse books, experience the value of read-alouds, and discover how to encourage discussion around diverse texts.
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Chapter 4
Preservice Teachers' Implementation of Academic Language After Engaging in Literature Circles
a small group of individuals who gather to discuss and analyze a specific piece of literature, fostering collaborative exploration and understanding of the text
Published in Chapter: Preservice Teachers' Implementation of Academic Language After Engaging in Literature Circles; From: Supporting Activist Practices in Education
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Chapter 17
Using Literature Circles Instruction to Develop Reading Comprehension Skills
A student-led discussion group that focuses on comprehending a piece of literature. Literature circles can used for teaching literacy through cooperative interaction within groups of learners.
Published in Chapter: Using Literature Circles Instruction to Develop Reading Comprehension Skills; From: Handbook of Research on Cultivating Literacy in Diverse and Multilingual Classrooms
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