Lit. Groups

Students, you are about to put some of the skills you've been learning to practical use!  Welcome to Literary Groups.  Class of 26= 6 groups of 4

Here are the books you can choose from:
Iceberg Hermit      Johnny Tremain        Rules
Walk Two Moons      Maniac Magee     Flying Solo
Things Not Seen     Star Girl                  Batboy

On a scrap of paper, write down your top 5 book choices, with #1 being your most favorite, and #5 being just ok.  Make sure you write your name on your paper!

Once you get into a group, you'll be assigned one of four jobs for the week.  They rotate in this order:
1- RARE response:  what was the main idea of the pages you read this week?
2- Complex question:  write a complex question about what you read this week.  *Remember, there should be at least two possible answers to your question, or it's not complex enough.
3- Inference:  tell me one thing you know from your reading that you got by making an inference.  Then, tell me one thing you know that was explicitly stated in the book.
4- Vocab in context:  write down three words you don't know and what you think they mean, based on the context of the story.  On Friday, use a dictionary to define the words.