Post #7

We normally connect text features with non-fiction books, but fiction books can be made better by them sometimes as well.  Think about your lit. circle book.  What text feature would you add to it to make it easier to follow or understand?  Where would you put it in the book?  Why did you choose that feature?  You will be creating a model of this text feature as your final individual assignment for your lit. circle book.

Post #6

How do you think Willie really feels about Lizzie's discovery of Dodger?  Use what you already know about Willie, along with your own opinions, to make your inference about Willie's feelings.

Post #5

Now that your group has had two literature circle meetings, talk about how they have been going.  Write about one thing you think your group is doing well and one item your group's members need to improve as you prepare for this week's meeting.  Please don't mention anyone's name, just make general comments that will help everyone-including me!

Post #4

Willie has a lot of trouble with his overprotective mother.  Describe a time when you thought one or both of your parents was too overprotective with you.

Post #3

Great comments on Post #2!

What reactions have you had while reading?  Any laughs, gasps, ewwws, whats!?!, etc.?  Find a passage or page number from what you have read so far, describe it, then describe the reaction you had to how and what the author wrote.

Post #2

Nice work!  It looks like you have learned a lot of lessons in your various groups and teams.

Do you consider yourself to be at all like Willie Ryan?  In what ways are you alike and different?

Post #1

What is one lesson you have learned by being a part of a team?  This could be a sports team, organized group, youth group, Scouts, or any other group in which you have been a member.