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Literature Circles: Roles Literature Circles: Roles A rubric to use for the following four roles in Literature Circles: Questioner, Connector, Illustrator, and Word Wizard. Rubric Code: AAACX2 By EffortCounts Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Reading Grade Levels: 6-8

Literature Circle Roles
	Poor 7 pts	Fair 8 pts	Good 9 pts	Outstanding 10 pts
Discussion Director (Thinking)	Poor Writes no questions for the group to discuss or asks trivial or obvious questions which do not require any thinking and little or no understanding of the text.	Fair Writes 1 question which may or may not provoke discussion among the group members. Question may help bring understanding of the main theme(s) of the assigned reading or help clarify confusing parts and barely elicit answers beyond "yes" or "no."	Good Writes at least 2 questions which provoke discussion among the group members. Some questions may help bring understanding of the main theme(s) of the assigned reading or help clarify confusing parts and elicit answers beyond "yes" or "no," and others may not.	Outstanding Writes at least 3 questions which provoke discussion among the group members. Questions help bring understanding of the main theme(s) of the assigned reading or help clarify confusing parts and elicit answers beyond "yes" or "no."
Community Connector (Thinking)	Poor Shares 1 connections between the text and him/herself, another book, story, movie, etc. Two or more responses contain incomplete connections containing a lack of connection or lack of categorization.	Fair Shares 2 connection between the text and him/herself, another book, story, movie, etc., Uses a complete sentence to explain the connection, but the connections may not have much detail. Categorizes 2 connections with t-s, t-w, t-t, etc.	Good Shares at least 3 connections between the text and him/herself, another book, story, movie, etc. Explains the connection, but may have one unclear moment. Categorizes the 3 connections with t-s, t-w, and t-t, etc.	Outstanding Shares at least 4 connections between the text and him/herself, another book, story, movie, etc. Explains the connection with detail, and categorizes the connection with text-self, text-world, text-text, etc.
Literary Luminary (Thinking)	Poor Selections are chosen, but the responses for 2 or more selections are incomplete.	Fair Selection information is complete and the reasons for choosing each selection is explained in complete sentences.	Good Selection information is complete and the reasons for choosing each selection is explained in complete sentences. At least 2 of the selections show why the selection is valuable to a reader.	Outstanding Selection information is complete and the reasons for choosing each selection is explained in complete sentences that show why the selection is valuable to understanding the plot development in the story.
Vocabulary Enricher (Application)	Poor No unfamiliar, unusual or unique words are chosen.	Fair Chooses at least 1-4 words from the reading that is unfamiliar, unusual or unique. Words are not well-defined or choice is not explained.	Good Chooses at least 5-7words from the reading that are unfamiliar, unusual or unique. Accurately defines words and explains reasoning.	Outstanding Chooses at least 8 words from the reading that are not only unfamiliar but also may be unusual or unique. Accurately defines words and explains reasoning.
Character Captain (Application)	Poor Selections are chosen, but the responses for 2 or more selections are incomplete.	Fair Selection information is complete and the reasons for choosing each selection is explained in complete sentences.	Good Selection information is complete and the reasons for choosing each selection is explained in complete sentences. At least 2 of the selections show why the selection is valuable to a reader.	Outstanding Selection information is complete and the reasons for choosing each selection is explained in complete sentences that show why the selection is valuable to understanding the Character development in this story.

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literature circle, role, word wizard, illustrator

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