Literature Circle Roles If someone is absent, the manager takes on that role. 1.

The Manager: _____________________________________ Jobs: To get all group members participating To make sure the group finishes on time To make sure all group members have the nights homework written on a post-it on their screen What I should hear: Jane, do you have anything to say? We have ten minutes. Lets move faster. Does everyone know the homework? What I should see: Everyone participating; you telling me if there is a problem You checking the time You making sure everyone knows the homework 2. The Writer Jobs: To write down the groups answers and information To make any changes asked by the critic To submit the groups work to the correct location To read questions aloud to the group if needed. To What I should see: You writing Work handed in to the correct place You responding to the critics changes What I should hear: You reading questions to the group 3. The Discussion Mover(s) : _____________________________________ Jobs: To introduce new ideas to the discussion To decide on the best idea when many are offered To answer questions that are asked, and decide which questions must be referred to Emerson What I should hear: I think that Lets start with Well, if that doesnt work, what about

What I should see: You speaking to me only when necessary You answering questions You making the final decisions on whats written

4. The Critic: _____________________________________ Jobs: To correct errors in the group work To push the group and the writer to add extra sentences of explanation To check the groups work before it is handed in What I should hear: How else can we explain that? What can we add to explain that better? Lets fix What I should see: Perfectly edited work You checking the work and offering suggestions You making the group expand their explanations 5. The Sharer: _____________________________________ To share the groups work when prompted To participate fully in all discussions To ensure all waste and scraps are thrown away To ensure the work-space is free of backpacks and bags What I should see: You cleaning up the workspace at the end of class All your groups supplies returned LITERATURE CIRCLE TASKS: Thursday, March 20 1. Meet with your group and choose roles for your lit circles (to be held Monday and Tuesday of next week) 2. The writer will take the Edmodo quiz on group roles to confirm role assignments 3. The group will discuss and complete the quote assignment and turn it in during class 4. The group will quietly begin reading and summarizing the story with all remaining class time. 5. HOMEWORK: FINISH BEFORE MONDAY: Each group member is responsible for bringing the following materials to Mondays class a. READ The Company of Wolves in its entirety b. Complete reading summaries and apply the feminist perspective, as we have done with Snow White and LRRH. Make sure to answer one question from the chart for each reading summary!

LIT CIRCLE: QUOTE ASSIGNMENT This quote by Angela Carter, author of The Company of Wolves, reveals what she thinks fairy tales teach us about what it means to be a perfect woman: To be the object of desire is to be defined in the passive case. To exist in the passive case is to die in the passive case that is, to be killed. This is the moral of the fairy tale about the perfect woman. The manager should guide the group in discussion of this quote and the writer will record the groups answers in Word to be turned in before class is over on Edmodo: 1. What is the difference between being active and passive? 2. How do the words active and passive relate to the words subject and object? 3. How does this quote reveal the objectification of women in fairytalesuse the chart and explain your answer: 4. Who is the object of desire in Little Snow White, and how is she passive? 5. Who is the object of desire in Little Red Riding Hood, and how is she passive? 6. How well does this quote apply to the stories each member of the group wrote were your Reds still passive victims/perfect women? 7. Come up with a paraphrase of this quote that you all agree on:

Here is a second quote by Angela Carter that reveals what she believes about the relationship between the wolf and Little Red Riding Hood: The tiger will never lie down with the lamb; he acknowledges no pact that is not reciprocal. The lamb must learn to run with the tigers. The manager should guide the group in discussion of this quote and the writer will record the groups answers in Word to be turned in before class is over on Edmodo: 8. What does reciprocal pact mean? 9. What gender does she give to the tiger, what character in LRRH does the tiger represent, and why do you think so? 10. What gender do you think the lamb has, what character in LRRH does the lamb represent, and why do you think so? 11. What does this quote reveal that she believes about the character of the wolf? 12. What does this quote reveal that she believes about the character of LRRH? 13. Come up with a paraphrase of this quote that you all agree on: 14. Based on this quote, make a prediction as a group about how you believe Carter will change Charles Perraults version of LRRH in her story The Company of Wolves: