Good readers are able to summarize what they’ve read!  Your job is to briefly tell what happened in the selection.  Remember to include overall main events, not small details.  Summarize the beginning, middle, and end of the assigned reading.  Your group is counting on you to keep track of the main ideas.  Be ready to share this with your literature circle group.

Good readers create a picture in their mind as they are reading!  Your job is to draw and color a picture from the part of the book you just read.  It can be a sketch, cartoon, diagram, etc. Take time to do it carefully, and include details.  Ask yourself, what can I see, smell, touch, taste, and hear, as you are reading.  Be prepared to share this with your literature circle group.

Good readers make connections to deepen understanding and bring meaning to the text!  Your job is to tell your group what this section of reading reminded you of.  Remember, you can connect the passage to yourself, another text, or to the world.  Make sure you tell what kind of connection it is.

Good readers tune in to interesting and new words!  Your job is to find at least three words that are fancy, important to the text, or are unfamiliar to you.  Write down the page number and the sentence the word is in.  Make sure you also find the definition for the word, either using context clues or a dictionary.  When sharing, see if your group members can guess the definition before you share it.  Be ready to share this with your literature circle group.

Good readers enjoy a variety of texts! Your job is to find a few special passages out of the assigned reading that your group would like to hear aloud.  The passages may be interesting, funny, important, sad, well written, etc.  Once you have located the sections, fill out the chart below.  Be ready to share with your literature circle group.