Literature Circle Activity Kit | Book Clubs Student Organizers | 5th-6th Grade

This resource provides all of the information you need to get literature circles up and running in your classroom. With information on planning for literature circles and student pages to make implementation a breeze, this is a must-have resource for upper elementary and middle school classrooms.

Book clubs (also known as literature circles) are one of my favorite classroom activities because they promote collaborative learning and student independence. Especially in the older grades, where there is a wide range of student ability and needs, book clubs make it easier to engage readers at their level while applying multiple reading standards. 

Resource Includes:

• Comprehensive Teacher Guide
• Book Suggestions
• Student Organizers (Print & Google)
• Reading Strategies
• Student Roles & Responsibilities

STANDARDS:

SIXTH GRADE

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.3 Describe how a particular story’s or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.5 Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.6 Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.7 Compare and contrast the experience of reading a story, drama, or poem to listening to or viewing an audio, video, or live version of the text, including contrasting what they “see” and “hear” when reading the text to what they perceive when they listen or watch.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.9 Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres (e.g., stories and poems; historical novels and fantasy stories) in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 6-8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

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