Literature Circle Podcast Quest

Literature circles are...

• Small groups of student discussing books together

• Reading the same book

• Young people reading self-selected books

• Free choice reading

From the conversation with Maryanne Wolf on the Ezra Klein show, how we read on a given medium / device changes...

• How much we like the text

• What we understand

• How we share it with others

• Our background knowledge

According to Maryanne Wolf, we rarely read without...

• Distractions

• Friends

• A purpose

• Falling asleep

Maryanne Wolf's concept of the "biliterate brain" implies that...

• We read with two sides of our brain

• We need to read in multiple languages

• We need to learn how to critically read BOTH with print and digital texts

• We can do better to train ourselves to not be so distracted

It takes real training and scaffolding for young people to learn how to...

• Fake read

• Talk about what they read

• Read canonical texts

• Deeply immerse themselves in literature

On the "Teaching ELA Podcast" it was shared that we can ________ to better prepare young people to have literature circle discussions

• Model / Scaffold Discussions

• Offer incentives

• Openly mock students

• Write out really good questions

According to the hosts of the "Teaching ELA Podcast" literature circle discussions can sadly be...

• Annoying for students

• Too short

• Too long

• Surface level

Lamar Giles from We Need Diverse Books shares about windows and mirrors. A book that is a window is a book that...

• Shows you another world

• Reflects your world back to yourself

• Is easily read

• Is not that expensive

Based on the conversation on the "What Should I Read Next" podcast, the structure of literature circles helps to...

• Give student time to be social

• Allow for many different book options for young people

• Make assessment easy

• Give the teacher the day off

Kelly Gallagher on the "Teach Me Teacher" podcast sees his first job as an English teacher to be...

• A reader

• A learner

• An encourager

• A researcher