[LIT] Literature Circles in Middle School

[Bill IVEY]

"A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades."
<lit at literacyworkshop.org> on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 at 2:15 AM -0500
wrote:
>My concerns are doing this in a 50 minute class period when I have to
>also get in the anthology book, grammar, spelling / vocabulary.  It's
>just the management of it that has me a bit anxious.  Thanks for any help
>or ideas you can give me.

Hi!

One thought is to look at your class over a week - maybe lit circles,
anthology book, grammar, spelling, and vocabulary don't all have to fit in
each 50-minute period. Maybe one day is lit circles and grammar, another
day is anthology book, spelling and vocabulary. Whatever works for you.

Take care,
Bill Ivey
Stoneleigh-Burnham School