Nights at the Circus Lesson Plan

Close Reading: Group Work

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will conduct a close reading of the text, discuss your analysis, and incorporate it into your own writing.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4

Structure:

In this structured close-reading exercise, students should pay extra attention to how word choice, structure, style and point-of-view shape the reader’s experience.

Students may divide into small groups. Each group should select a different section from the day’s assigned reading. Each small group should reread their section of the text out loud, and students should take turns reading different parts, highlighting or underlining...