Literary Circles

This past week we have learned how to interpret literary text using Literature Circles. On Monday we read an article about Shelter House that contained information about poverty and homelessness in Thunder Bay and how Shelter House is an organization that is supporting those people in need rather than finding the core problem. We then split up into the different Literary Roles: Summarizers, Illustrators, Word Wizards, Literary Luminaries, Scene Setters, Rad Researchers, and Questioners. These roles helped us analyze the text further and gain a deeper understanding of a current event taking place at our school. They also helped us interpret the text in many different forms expanding our critical thinking skills. Using these same roles and what we've learned from that article we were able to come up with the different areas for our blog but using what we know about Christmas Cheer and our classroom's participation.
With that being said, I hope you enjoy exploring our blog and the great work you all put in to making it a great piece of work! Great teamwork! Keep it up Grade 8's and I'm positive we can meet our goal.