Lit Circle Roles

For the illustrator role, what should you NOT do?

• draw an important part from the story

• draw your favorite part

• draw the cover

The Discussion Director's job is to...

• draw a picture

• make a connection

• ask questions

• summarize the reading

The Word Wizard's job is to...

• find no words

• find 3 words that would be easy for someone

• find 3 words that might be hard for someone

• write new words to be in the story

The Clever Connector's job is to...

• make no connections with the text

• make a connection with the text

The Summarizer's job is to...

• retell the important parts of the text

• retell everything that happened in the text

What does the illustrator do?

• Draw pictures they like.

• Draw pictures that are connected to the text.

• Create a list of words to look up.

• They research interesting facts.

The main goal is for your group to have a good discussion about the book.

• True

• False

Ways to make a connection are...

• with yourself

• with another book

• with something you have heard

• all of the above

Which role is responsible for creating questions about the text?

• The Summarizer

• The Discussion Director

• The Illustrator

• The Word Wizard

What should the Summarizer NOT do?

• Highlighting key points

• tell every detail from the text

• Providing a brief overview