Name: _____________________________________

Date: _________________

Period: __________

Literature Circles
Short Stories
Directions: You will be assigned a role within each literature circle. Literature circles are comprised of three to
five members. Below is an overview of the roles in the literature circles.

Song Interpreter: Your role is to choose five songs that relate to your short story. You are essentially
creating a playlist to go with your short story. Please print off the lyrics or write them out. In addition,
you need to write a paragraph explaining the significance of your choices in relation to the short story.
Group Member:_____________________________________________________________
Illustrator: Your role is to summarize any excerpt from the short story through a collage or a comic
strip. If you decide to do the comic strip, you must have six individual images. You must include a
paragraph explaining the illustrations significance in relation to the short story you are reading for this
unit.
Group Member:_____________________________________________________________
Literary Luminary: Your role is to find interesting, pertinent, and/or difficult parts of the short story
to discuss with the group. You must include a paragraph explaining the significance of the quotations
you pull from the text. You need to select five different areas of the text.
Group Member:_____________________________________________________________
Questioner: Your role is to create five discussion questions to lead a group discussion for your short
story. You need to include answers to each question. These should be at least five sentence answers.
Group Member:_____________________________________________________________
Connector: Your role is to connect and expand on the information provided in the short story. These
connections can be other texts, newspaper articles, laws, movies, etc. Be sure to explain how these
connections enhance your understanding of the story.
Group Member:_____________________________________________________________
Summarizer: Your role is to summarize the text. Write a synopsis of the important parts of the short
story. In addition, you need to create a plot diagram to indicate significant parts of the short story.
Group Member:_____________________________________________________________

Name: _____________________________________

Date: _________________

Period: __________

Literature Circles
Short Stories
Directions: You will be assigned a role within each literature circle. Literature circles are comprised of three to
five members. Below is an overview of your role in the literature circle.

Song Interpreter: Your role is to choose five songs that relate to your short story. You are essentially
creating a playlist to go with your short story. Please print off the lyrics or write them out. In addition,
you need to write a paragraph explaining the significance of your choices in relation to the short story.
Song No. 1: _______________________________________________________________
Explanation of Significance:
__________________________________________________________________________________________
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__________________________________________________________________________________________

Song No. 2: _______________________________________________________________

Explanation of Significance:
__________________________________________________________________________________________
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__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________

Song No. 3: _______________________________________________________________

Explanation of Significance:
__________________________________________________________________________________________
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__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________

Song No. 4: _______________________________________________________________

Explanation of Significance:
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________

Song No. 5: _______________________________________________________________

Explanation of Significance:
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________

Name: _____________________________________

Date: _________________

Period: __________

Literature Circles
Short Stories
Directions: You will be assigned a role within each literature circle. Literature circles are comprised of three to
five members. Below is an overview of your role in the literature circle.

Illustrator: Your role is to summarize any excerpt from the short story through a collage or a comic
strip. If you decide to do the comic strip, you must have six individual images. You must include a
paragraph explaining the illustrations significance in relation to the short story you are reading for this
unit.
Excerpt:
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__________________________________________________________________________________________
Illustration: You may want to do this on a separate sheet of paper.

Explanation of Illustration:
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________

Name: _____________________________________

Date: _________________

Period: __________

Literature Circles
Short Stories
Directions: You will be assigned a role within each literature circle. Literature circles are comprised of three to
five members. Below is an overview of your role in the literature circle.

Literary Luminary: Your role is to find interesting, pertinent, and/or difficult parts of the short story
to discuss with the group. You must include a paragraph explaining the significance of the quotations
you pull from the text. You need to select five different areas of the text.
Quotation One:
__________________________________________________________________________________________
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__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________ (Page

Significance of Quotation:
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
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__________________________________________________________________________________________
Quotation Two:
__________________________________________________________________________________________
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__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________ (Page

Significance of Quotation:
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Quotation Three:
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________ (Page

Significance of Quotation:
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Quotation Four:
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________ (Page

Significance of Quotation:
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
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__________________________________________________________________________________________
Quotation Five:
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__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________ (Page

Significance of Quotation:
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________

Name: _____________________________________

Date: _________________

Period: __________

Literature Circles
Short Stories
Directions: You will be assigned a role within each literature circle. Literature circles are comprised of three to
five members. Below is an overview of your role in the literature circle.

Questioner: Your role is to create five discussion questions to lead a group discussion for your short
story. You need to include answers to each question. These should be at least five sentence answers.
Question No. 1:
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Answer to Question No. 1:
__________________________________________________________________________________________
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__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Question No. 2:
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__________________________________________________________________________________________
Answer to Question No. 2:
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__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Question No. 3:
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__________________________________________________________________________________________
Answer to Question No. 3:
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__________________________________________________________________________________________
Question No. 4:
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__________________________________________________________________________________________
Answer to Question No. 4:
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Question No. 5:
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Answer to Question No. 5:
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________

Name: _____________________________________

Date: _________________

Period: __________

Literature Circles
Short Stories
Directions: You will be assigned a role within each literature circle. Literature circles are comprised of five
members. Below is an overview of your role in the literature circle.

Connector: Your role is to connect and expand on the information provided in the short story. These
connections can be other texts, newspaper articles, laws, movies, etc. Be sure to explain how these
connections enhance your understanding of the story.

Connection No. 1: ___________________________________________________________

Explanation:
_____________________________________________________________________________
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_____________________________________________________________________________

Connection No. 2: ___________________________________________________________

Explanation:
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Connection No. 3: ___________________________________________________________

Explanation:
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