{"id":1151,"date":"2015-02-27T13:14:39","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T18:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/espace.bsu.edu\/bestpractices\/?p=1151"},"modified":"2015-02-27T13:14:39","modified_gmt":"2015-02-27T18:14:39","slug":"literature-circles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/espace.bsu.edu\/bestpractices\/literature-circles\/","title":{"rendered":"Literature Circles"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Students Read Novels and Look at a Variety of Literary Elements<\/h3>\n<p>Students pick a novel based on a\u00a0variety of characteristics. \u00a0The students are then separated into groups\u00a0and read the novel with this group of peers. \u00a0Each night the students are given a task to complete in order to help the group see the novel through a variety of lenses. \u00a0The students are working as a part of a whole and without each student&#8217;s individual\u00a0part, the group wouldn&#8217;t work efficiently. \u00a0This attitude motivates students to achieve their optimal performance levels. \u00a0The students use literary elements found within their novel to spark group debates in a fun-filled, yet competitive nature.<\/p>\n<h3>Challenges or Obstacles:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Finding copies of unique literature.<\/li>\n<li>Pairing students based off of a variety of interests yet using their reading level.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Benefits and Successes:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Students feel empowered and are engaged.<\/li>\n<li>Students are needed among their groups.<\/li>\n<li>Students have choice and are planning much of their learning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/espace.bsu.edu\/bestpractices\/files\/2015\/02\/IMG_0694.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1664\" src=\"http:\/\/espace.bsu.edu\/bestpractices\/files\/2015\/02\/IMG_0694.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0694\" width=\"473\" height=\"315\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/espace.bsu.edu\/bestpractices\/files\/2015\/02\/IMG_0692.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1666\" src=\"http:\/\/espace.bsu.edu\/bestpractices\/files\/2015\/02\/IMG_0692.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0692\" width=\"471\" height=\"314\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Submitted by:<\/strong> Emily Keifer and Megan Hunter, <a href=\"http:\/\/cowan.in.schoolwebpages.com\/education\/school\/school.php?sectionid=3&amp;\">Cowan Elementary School<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students Read Novels and Look at a Variety of Literary Elements Students pick a novel based on a\u00a0variety of characteristics. \u00a0The students are then separated into groups\u00a0and read the novel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,37,41,48],"tags":[79,94],"class_list":["post-1151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2015-showcase","category-cowan","category-elementary","category-instructional","tag-group-work","tag-reading"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/espace.bsu.edu\/bestpractices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/espace.bsu.edu\/bestpractices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/espace.bsu.edu\/bestpractices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/espace.bsu.edu\/bestpractices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/espace.bsu.edu\/bestpractices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/espace.bsu.edu\/bestpractices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1151\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/espace.bsu.edu\/bestpractices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/espace.bsu.edu\/bestpractices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/espace.bsu.edu\/bestpractices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}