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Connector:

Your job is to find connections between the book and you, and between the book and the wider world. This means connecting the reading to your own past experiences, to happenings at school or in the community, to stories in the news, to similar events at other times and places, to other people or problems that you are reminded of. You may also see connections between this book and other writings of the same topic, or by the same author.

Questioner:

Your job is to write down a few (3-4) open-ended questions that you have about the part of the book you read. What were you wondering about when you were reading? Did you have questions about what was happening? What a character did? What was going to happen next? Why the author used a certain style? Or what the whole thing meant? Just try to notice what you are wondering while you read, and jot down some of those questions either along the way (on Post-
it's) or after you're finished. Be sure to include YOUR answers to each question.

Literary Luminary:

Your job is to locate some examples of good writing. Be on the lookout for literary devices, or vivid descriptive details for your group to talk over. The idea is to help people go back to some well written sections of the reading and think about them more carefully. As you decide which passages or paragraphs are worth going back to, make a note why you picked each one. Then jot down some plans for how they should be shared. You can read passages aloud yourself, ask someone else to read them , or have people read them silently and then discuss.

Summarizer:

Your job is to prepare a brief summary of today's reading. The other members of your group will be counting on you to give a quick (one or two minute) statement that conveys the gist - the key points, the main highlights, the essence - of today's reading assignment.

Researcher:

Your job is to dig up some background information on any topic related to your book. This might include: the geography, culture, or history of the book's setting; info. about the author; info. about the time period portrayed in the book; pictures, objects, or materials that illustrate elements of the book; music that reflects the book or the time, etc...

The idea is to find some info. or material that helps your group understand the book better.

Word Wizard:

Your job is to be on the lookout for a few words that have special meaning in today's reading selection. If you find words that are puzzling or unfamiliar, mark them while you are reading (Post-it's), and then later look up and jot down their definition. You may also run across words that stand out in some way - words that are repeated a lot, used in an unusual way, or key to the meaning of the text. Mark these special words too, and be ready to point them out to your group.

Scene Setter:

When you are reading a book where characters move around and the scene changes frequently it is important for everyone in your group to know where things are happening and how the setting may have changed...so... that's your job. Track carefully where the action takes place during today's reading. Describe each setting in as much detail as possible (either in words and/or with a map/diagram you can show to your group). Be sure to give the pages where the scene is described.

Illustrator:

Good readers make pictures in their mind when they read. This is a chance to share some of your own images and visions. Draw some kind of a picture related to the reading you have just done. It can be a sketch, cartoon, diagram, flow chart, or stick-figure scene. You can draw a picture of something that happened, something that the reading reminded you of, or a picture that conveys any idea or feeling you got from the reading.