Role+Templates


 * Discussion Director:**
 * Pages:**

Your job is to lead the group. Begin by posting relevant questions for the reading section. Where is this text going to go next? Why do the characters feel as they do? How did the author evoke this feeling? Sometimes you must clarify if group members are confused. Other questions to consider: Did you have questions about the setting, plot, or passage itself? Were there any words that should be clarified for the group?

Example:

Begin with larger questions and points of confusion and then move on to more specific questions. You must look back to make sure all questions or discussion points were answered.


 * Connector Role:**
 * Pages:**

Description of duties:

Your job is to find connections between the book and you, and between the book and the wider world.

This means connecting the reading to your own past experiences, to happenings at school or in the community, to stories in the news, to similar events at other times and places, to other people or problems that you are reminded of. You may also see connections between this book and other writings on the same topic, or by the same author.

Example: "Some connections I made between this reading and my own experiences, the wider world, and other texts or authors…"


 * Summarizer Role:**


 * Pages:**

Description of duties:

Your job is to prepare a brief summary of today's reading. The other members of your group will be counting on you to give a quick statement that conveys the gist- the key points, the main highlights, the essence- of today's reading assignment. If there are several main ideas or events to remember, you can use the bullets below.

Example:

Summarize in paragraph form

Or

Key points or events:




 * Illustrator Role:**


 * Pages:**

Good readers make pictures in their minds as they read. This is a chance to share some of you images and visions. Draw some kind of picture related to the reading you have just done. It can be a sketch, cartoon, diagram, flowchart, or stick-figure scene. You can draw a picture of something that happened in your book, or something that the reading reminded you of, or a picture that conveys any idea or feeling you got from the reading. Any kind of graphic is okay- you might want to label parts with words if that will help your group members.

Post your image in the discussion group. Let your group members speculate what your picture means before you explain it to them. At the end of the posting, state your explanation.


 * Literary Luminary:**


 * Pages:**

Your job is to locate a few special sections or quotations in the text for your group to talk over. The idea is to help people go back to some especially interesting, powerful, funny, puzzling, or important sections of the reading and think about them more carefully. As you decide which passages or paragraphs are worth going back to, make a note why you picked each one. Then jot down some plans for how they should be shared.

Example:

Page number and Paragraph:

Reason for picking passage:

Plan for discussion: