Making Meaning in Literature — Support Materials


About Making Meaning in Literature: A Video Library, Grades 6-8 Individual Clip Descriptions 1. Introducing the Envisionment-Building Classroom 2. Building a Literary Community 3. Asking Questions 4. Facilitating Discussion 5. Seminar Discussion 6. Dramatic Tableaux 7. Readers as Individuals 8. The Teacher’s Role in a Literary Community 9. Whole Group Discussions




	Support Materials The complete guide to the library series activities is available here for download in PDF. You will need a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader to read these files. You can download it for free from Adobe. Introduction Video Clip 1. Introducing the Envisionment-Building Classroom Library Guide Classroom Lesson Plan: Envisionment-Building in the Literature Classroom Student Activity Sheets: Read, Notice, and Wonder: A Guide to Literary Response Teacher Tools: Developing Envisionments With Students Using a Writer's Notebook To Enhance Literary Envisionment Using Personal Writing To Extend Literary Envisionments Assessment and Evaluation: Some Useful Principles Video Clip 2. Building a Literary Community Library Guide Classroom Lesson Plan: Small Literature Groups Student Activity Sheets: Be as Smart as an Owl OWL Log Mini-Lesson: Foreshadowing Book Group Presentations Teacher Tools: Mini-Lesson: OWL Logs Suggestions for Assessing OWL Logs Building a Literary Community Sample Discussion Questions Literary Hunt Tip Sheet: Supporting Your Child's Learning at Home Text Pairings Video Clip 3. Asking Questions Library Guide Classroom Lesson Plan: Whole-Class Literature Discussion Student Activity Sheets: Question Guide Venn Diagram: Compare and Contrast Tears of a Tiger and The Chocolate War Teacher Tools: Teacher Feedback Form Literary Community Discussion Guidelines Text Pairings Video Clip 4: Facilitating Discussion Library Guide Classroom Lesson Plan: Facilitating Discussion Student Activity Sheets: Internet Research Activity: Investigation of China's "One Child" Policy "The Quiet World" (poem) "The Quiet World" — Write Your Own Poem Creating an Advertising Poster Advertising Poster Evaluation Rubric Final Project Choices for Among the Hidden Teacher Tools: Overhead Master: Response, Analysis, and Reflection Supporting Student Questions Assessment and Evaluation: Some Useful Principles Developing Questions for Literature Discussion Some Facts: China's "One Child" Policy Internet Research Activity for China's "One Child" Policy with Suggestions for Assessment "The Quiet World" — Write Your Own Poem: Possibilities and Assessment Suggestions Role Playing Directions for Among the Hidden and Assessment Suggestions Parent Letter Text Pairings Video Clip 5. Seminar Discussion Library Guide Classroom Lesson Plan: Whole-Group Seminar Discussion Student Activity Sheets: Suggested Seminar Rules and Participation Rubric Venn Diagram: Compare and Contrast "Passing" and "Guests in the Promised Land" Teacher Tools: Suggested Seminar Questions, "Passing" Suggested Seminar Questions, "Guests in the Promised Land" Suggested Compare and Contrast Essay Rubric Reader's Theater Resources Resources focused on Building a Literary Community Article: "15 Minutes of Fame" by Dorothy Franklin This article is Dorothy Franklin's reflection on participating with her students in this professional development video series. It was originally published in the November-December 2001 issue of The Voice, the newsletter of the National Writing Project. For more information about the National Writing Project, please visit their Web site at http://www.writingproject.org/. Resource: "Negotiating Story Structures" (Chapter Three) WITH RIGOR FOR ALL: TEACHING THE CLASSICS TO CONTEMPORARY STUDENTS [sic] by Carol Jago, Copyright © 2000 by Carol Jago, reprinted by permission of the Publisher, Heinemann, A division of Reed Elsevier Inc., Portsmouth, NH. Dorothy Franklin considered this chapter as the inspiration for the rules she established in her classroom for seminar discussion. Text Pairings Video Clip 6. Dramatic Tableaux Library Guide Classroom Lesson Plan: Tableau With a Twist Student Activity Sheets: Dramatic Tableaux Teacher Tools: Dramatic Tableaux Activities Modeling for Students Resources focused on Building a Literary Community Text Pairings Video Clip 7: Readers as Individuals Library Guide Classroom Lesson Plan: Reading Workshop Student Activity Sheets: Creating a Literary Poster and Assessment Criteria Literary Presentations: Guidelines and Possibilities Teacher Tools: Picacho Picks: 6th Grade Favorites at Picacho Middle School Suggested Mini-lessons for Reading Workshop Assessment and Evaluation: Some Useful Principles Mini-Lesson Teacher Planning Tips Reading Workshop Binder Text Pairings Video Clip 8: The Teacher's Role in a Literary Community Library Guide Classroom Lesson Plan: Life's Not Fair Student Activity Sheets: Literature Circle Discussions Teacher Tools: Using Personal Writing To Extend Literary Envisionments Sketch to Stretch Literature Circle Bookmarks Popcorn Reading Quick Writes Responding Visually to Literature Using Overheads in Discussion Using Webbing To Keep Track of Student Discussions Assessment and Evaluation: Some Useful Principles Save the Last Word for the Artist Text Pairings Video Clip 9: Whole Group Discussions Library Guide Classroom Lesson Plan: The Giver Student Activity Sheet: Passage for Student Response Teacher Tools: Bookmark Forms Using Personal Writing To Extend Literary Envisionments Responding to Specific Passages in a Literary Text Supporting Whole-Class Discussion Developing Questions for Literature Discussion Suggestions for Integrating Vocabulary Study Visualizing Literary Language Writing About Literature: Producing a Polished Piece Assessment and Evaluation: Some Useful Principles Responding Visually to Literature Using Reader's Theater in the Literature Classroom Supporting Less-Able Learners in an Integrated Classroom Text Pairings