Character Captain

1
Character Captain
Week ___
Book ______

• Name________________________________________
• Group________________________________________
• Assignment Pages ______ to _______
  Date ____________________
• (include day of the week)

2
Vocabulary Vitalizer
Book ______

• Name____________________________
  ____________
• Group__________________________
  ______________
• Assignment Pages ______ to _______
  Date ____________________
• (include day of the week)
• Your job is to be on the lookout for a few
  especially important words in todays reading.
  If you find words that are puzzling or
  unfamiliar, write them down as you go.

3
Literary Luminary
Book ______

• Name____________________________
  ____________
• Group__________________________
  ______________
• Assignment Pages ______ to _______
  Date ____________________
• (include day of the week)
• Your job is to locate a few special sections of
  the book that your group would like to hear read
  aloud. The idea is to help people remember some
  interesting, powerful, funny, puzzling,
  thought-provoking, well-written or other
  important passage.

4
Idea Illustrator
Book ______

• Name________________________________________
• 
  Group________________________________________
• Assignment Pages ______ to _______
  Date ____________________
• (include day of the week)
• Your job is to draw some kind of picture related
  to the reading. It can be a sketch, cartoon,
  diagram, chart, or stick-figure. You picture
  must be a direct relation to the story.
• Presenting your plan show your picture without
  comment to others in your group. One at a time,
  the group members try to figure out what your
  picture means or represents. They will connect
  their ideas from the section to your drawing of
  the section. After everyone has speculated on
  what your drawing means, you get to tell them
  what you intended, where it came from and what it
  represents to you.

5
Discussion Director
Book ______

• Name________________________________________
• 
  Group________________________________________
• Assignment Pages ______ to _______
  Date ____________________
• (include day of the week)
• Your job is to develop a list of questions that
  your group will discuss about this part of the
  book. Dont worry about the small details.
  Usually the best discussion questions come from
  your thoughts, feelings, and concerns as you
  read.
• Here is a list of the sample questions that you
  may use as ONE of the questions you ask. The
  other 2 must be on your own and deep thinking
  questions.
• What was going through your mind when you read
  this? How did you feel while you were reading
  this part of the book? Did todays reading
  remind you of any real-life experiences you have
  had? What questions did you have when you
  finished the reading assignment? Did anything in
  this section surprise you? What do you think are
  the most important ideas? Predict some things
  you think will happen next and why?
• Question 1
• Question 2

6
Literature Circle Self -Evaluation
Week ___
3 excellent 2 good 1 needs improvement

• I came to Literature Circle prepared. _____
• I marked places in my book to refer to _____
• I shared my role from the reading _____
• I knew before our meeting what role I was
• responsible for _____
• I gave others the opportunity to share their
• ideas _____
• I completed my written literature circle
  packet _____
• I added to the discussion with my opinions
• during other parts of the meeting _____
• One thing I liked about literature circle today
  was
• One thing I will do differently for literature
  circle tomorrow is

7
Team Mate Evaluation
Week ___
Name of group member

• Character Captain
• Came prepared _____ _____
  _____ _____
• Completed written role sheet _____ _____
  _____ _____
• Contributed to the discussion _____
  _____ _____ _____
• Participated well with group _____
  _____ _____ _____
• Vocabulary Vitalizer
• Came prepared _____ _____
  _____ _____
• Completed written role sheet _____ _____
  _____ _____
• Contributed to the discussion _____
  _____ _____ _____
• Participated well with group _____
  _____ _____ _____
• Literary Luminary
• Came prepared _____ _____
  _____ _____
• Completed written role sheet _____
  _____ _____ _____
• Contributed to the discussion _____
  _____ _____ _____
• Participated well with group _____
  _____ _____ _____