Literature circles

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

13th May 2020 

Context of composition & context of interpretation 

Introduction scene setting 

Exposition and inciting incident 

Literature circles 

Literature circles 

1. Recorded meeting in collaborative space. (rotate)
2. Written minutes (summary) of the meeting in collaborative space. (rotate)
3. Reading scheme in collaborative space. 
4. Reading log (one for each meeting) in personal portfolio

Interpretation & composition

Context = circumstances forming the back ground of the writing process. The context will illuminate the meaning and relevance of the text. Consider geographical , cultural, historical, social or political contexts 

Find these literary techniques (figurative language) in the following extract and write down the effect on the reader. 

Simile 

Personification 

effective adjectives 

alliteration 

Onomatopoeia 

setting & location 

“After I got off the telephone, I sat very still for a long time. According to the clock on the stove, which I could see from where I sat, it was two-forty-five in the morning. Never had I been alone and awake at such an hour. The living room – normally so airy and open, buoyant with my mother’s presence – had shrunk to a cold, pale discomfort, like a vacation house in winter: fragile, fabrics, scratchy sisal rug, paper lamp shades from Chinatown and the chairs too little and light. All the furniture seemed spindly, poised at a tiptoe nervousness. I could feel my heart beating, hear the clicks and ticks and hisses of the large elderly building slumbering around me. Everyone was asleep. Even the distant horn-honks and the occasional rattle of trucks out on Fifty-Seventh Street seemed faint and uncertain, as lonely as a noise from another planet.” 

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt Pg 77  

Setting and location 

Time = current 2:45 am

Place = New York near 57th Street 

Event = aftermath death of mother

creating atmosphere 

solidifying characterisation 

foreshadowing 

Literary techniques 

simile = The living room... like a vacation house in winter

Personification = All the furniture ... poised at a tiptoe nervousness ... large elderly building slumbering

effective adjectives = airy and open, buoyant ...cold, pale discomfort

alliteration = fragile, fabrics, scratchy sisal rug

Onomatopoeia = horn-honks ...rattle 

20th May 2020

Organisational requirements = give your opinion. 

7 'problems' give your solution. 

Fat and skinny questions 

Working in Literature circles 

Student hasn't done the reading

Student has done the reading, but not completed the reading log, so in unprepared to discuss in depth. 

Student asks only closed-ended, factual recall questions. There is no depth of analysis as a result. 

Student reads ahead in the novel and spoils the ending for everyone in the group. 

Student is absent from the group and then returns. 

Student dominates the discussion. 

Student is passive or silent in the discussion.

Consider the quality of your questions

27th May 2020 

Portfolio assessment information 

Unseen fiction assessment information 

Literature circles meeting - 

The Westing Game  = authorisation needed and minutes for week 5 

The Road = authorisation needed for week 5 

Hybrid lessons

@ school: Monday 15:35 - 16:20 on 207 (Fiction textual analysis preparation) 

Online: Tuesday 10:10 - 10:55

Online: Friday 11:15 - 12:00 

Unseen fiction extract analysis & Literature circles assessed in testweek Tuesday 30th June 2nd hour