Reflections on the Way

bye week

Part 1: Our group decided that for the first literature circle meeting that we would all contribute to each of the roles. The initial idea was that we would go through each type contributor and see what sort of ideas would come to mind how each of us might approach them differently. What I noticed happening was that, as we got into the groove of the discussion, moving on to each new role triggered an avalanche of new ideas. Part of this was that all of us are deeply invested in literature and experienced in this sort of discussion, but another part was how each “role” acted as a sort of guided question that really focused the direction of our inquiry. I think that in a secondary education setting, this format could be very useful for that reason: it creates a blue print for discussion, but one that is not overly restrictive in where the conversation goes after the initial focus. During our conversation, the roles seemed to flow into each other quite well. As an example, one perso...