Global Literature Circles

Reading Standards for Literature

• RL.9-10.2
  Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.

  • Learning Goal: I can analyze the development of a theme throughout The Catcher in the Rye as shown through quotations and visuals in my final presentation of a theme via Buncee.
     

Speaking and Listening Standards

• SL.9-10.1
  Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one–on–one, in groups, and teacher–led) with diverse partners on grades 9–10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.

  • Learning Goal: I can engage in a discussion within a small group about a text and contribute original ideas and questions to the conversation through the completion of Discussion Circles.
     

Technology Literacy

• 21.9-12.TL.2
  Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media.

  • Learning Goal: I can use Zoom, Blogger and Twitter to communicate information about a text with peers and create/publish a final presentation of a theme using Buncee.