Teacher(s): Emily Metz

Title/Topic: Novel Study

Suggested Grade Level(s): 9th Grade ELA
Essential Question
Objectives

Standards

Materials Needed

Context

How do the choices we make influence our path in life?

Students will work together as a class to create a
working definition of five different roles for reading a
text.
Students will work together in their literature
circle groups to create a calendar of assigned readings.
Students will work together in their literature
circle groups to assign each group member a task for the
first literature circle meeting.
ELAGSE9-10RL1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to
support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as
inferences drawn from the text.
ELAGSE9-10RL2: Determine a theme and/or central idea of
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.
ELAGSE9-10RL3: Analyze how complex characters(e.g., those
with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course
of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or
develop the theme.
ELAGSE9-10L4: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown
and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grades 910
reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
Novels for literature circles (Monster, Of Mice and Men, Alices
Adventures in Wonderland), paper, pencil, chart paper
Before the lesson: Students have watched book trailers for the
three options for their literature circles and have voted for their
preference. I have put students into literature circle groups using
their preferences and incorporating selective grouping strategies.
After this lesson: Students will learn close-reading strategies and
meet with their literature circle for the first time to discuss their
tasks and findings.

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Metz, 9 Grade ELA

Procedures including:
Opening
Activities
Closure

Opening
Twitter Thursday #2 (B Day)
Students revise a famous tweet for correct
spelling, grammar, and mechanics.
Video Response Friday #2 (A Day)
Students respond to this weeks inspirational
video.
Vocab Words of the Day: Admonish and Breach
Review definitions with students
Activities
Literature Circle Tasks
The teacher will lead a class discussion on the
different roles a reader can take while reading, including
asking questions, making connections, determining the
meaning of words, analyzing characters, and identifying
important passages. The teacher will write each of these
roles on separate pieces of chart paper, and record student
responses on what each role looks like.
The teacher will then pass out handouts for each
of the roles described above. The teacher will review each
handout and model how to complete the handouts
assigned tasks.
Assign First-Meeting Tasks and Create Calendar of Readings
Students will work within their literature circle
groups to first assign tasks to each member of their group,
and to create a calendar that includes what pages/chapters
need to be read by each due date.
Closure
Students will create goals for their first literature
circle meeting and share them with their group. The group
will then collaborate to create a shared goal within the
group.

Assessment:

Students will turn in a sheet of paper that lists each group

members tasks and the readings they will complete each week.

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Metz, 9 Grade ELA