Literature Circles

In the coming weeks, everyone in the class will be reading novels either alone or in groups. Ms. Hart will choose your groups, but she will take your preferences into consideration.
Name: 


  1. Rate these options.
    4= you really want to work in this size of a group
    1= you DON'T want to work in this size of a group at all.

          1 2 3 4    
      I would like to read and work alone.   
      I would like to work with only one other person.   
      I would like to work in a group of three or four.   
      I would like to work in a larger group.   


  1. Which BEST describes the pace at which you'd prefer to work:
    I want to be in a group that only reads its book during class time, even if this means that it will take us longer to finish
    I want to be in a group that reads the book as fast as we can, including our personal time, even if this means we might have to pick a second book when we finish.
    I want to be in a group that sometimes brings it's book home, but only once or twice a week.


  1. Write the names of up to five students in class you most want to work with (you may leave this blank if you prefer to work alone).


  1. Write the names of up to three people you DO NOT wish to work with (you may leave this blank).


  1. Rate each of the kinds of books you might read.
    4= you'd really like to read this kind of book
    1= you'd really not like to read this kind of book

          1 2 3 4     None of the above
      Historical fiction that gives me extra credit in both Language Arts and History   
      Story set in another country or in the distant past   
      Story with romance   
      Story with a mystery to be solved   
      Story in which the main character's life is in danger   
      A Fantasy or Science Fiction story   
      A war book   
      A book about a character with real-life problems   


  1. Write anything more you'd like me to consider when assigning you to your group.





Ms. Hart-Berndt
8th Grade English Language Arts
Page Middle School
Gloucester, VA