Helpful Resources

Atlantic Provinces Education Foundation.  Foundation for the Atlantic Canada English Language Arts Curriculum. 

Bingham, Anne A., Peggy Dorta, Molly McClaskey, and Justine O’Keefe.  Exploring the Multiage Classroom.  York, Maine : Stenhouse Publishers, 1995.

Daniels, Harvey.  Literature Circles: Voice and Choice in the Student-Centered Classroom.  Markham, Ontario : Pembroke Publishers, 1994.

Davis, James A. (Project Director) Great Books and Small Groups.  USA : The Free Press of Glencoe, Inc., 1961.

Davis, James A.  A Study of Participants in the Great Books Program : A Study by the National Opinion Research Center, 1960.

Greenlaw, Jim.  “Negotiating Cultural Identities on the Internet.” (ch.10)  Advocating Change.  Barrie R.C. Barrell and Roberta F. Hammett eds.  Toronto, Canada : Irwin Publishing, 2000: 147-160.

Gutteridge, Don.  Teaching English: Theory and Practice from Kindergarten to Grade Twelve.  Toronto : James Lorimer & Company Ltd., 2000.

Hawaleshka, Danylo.  “A Revolution at the Library.”  Maclean’s Magazine, October 2000, 58.

Kuehler, Ruth H.  “Brown-Bagging and Mind Stretching.”  The Book Group Book by Ellen Slezak.  Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, Inc., 1995: 181-192.

McMahon, Susan I.  “Book Clubs: Contexts for Students to Lead Their Own Discussions.” (ch.5) The Book Club Connection.  Susan I. McMahon and Taffey E. Raphael, eds. New York : Teachers College Press, 1997: 89-106.

Meeks, Lynn Langer.  “Making English Classrooms Happier Places to Learn.”  English Journal 88.4 March (1999): 73-80.

Pilgrim, Earl B. Will Anyone Search for Danny?  Newfoundland : Robinson-Blackmore, 1987.

Sipe, Rebecca Bowers.  “Virtually Being There: Creating Authentic Experiences Through Interactive Exchanges.”  English Journal  90.2 November (2000): 104-111.

Stone, Sandra J.  Creating the Multi Age Classroom.  USA : Good Year Books, 1996.

Discussion Groups & Literature Circles

http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/english/elg_lit_circles.htm

Education World

http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr259.shtml

Literature Circles Resource Center

http://fac-staff.seattleu.edu/kschlnoe/LitCircles/

Literature Circles: A Review of Current Websites

http://www.ecsu.ctstateu.edu/depts/edu/textbooks/litcircles.html

Literature Circles.Com

http://www.literaturecircles.com/

Introduction to Literature Circles*

http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/mla/circle/intro.html

            *In terms of learning about how to use literature circles and finding resources, this is probably one of the best sites that you could choose to visit.  Below is a list of resources that has been taken from this site – many others are referenced, but this is a good sampling.

For the Teacher:

• Allington, Richard. 1983. "The Reading Instruction Provided Readers of Differing Reading Abilities." Elementary School Journal (May).
• Anderson, Richard, Elfrieda Hiebert, Judith Scott, and Ian Wilkerson. 1985. Becoming a Nation of Readers. Washington, DC: National Institute of Education.
• Anderson, Richard, P.T. Wilson, and L. G. Fielding. 1988. "Growth in Reading and How Children Spend Their Time Outside of School." Reading Research Quarterly (Summer).
• Applebee, Arthur. 1981. Writing in the Secondary School: English and the Content Areas. NCTE Research Report #21. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers English.
• Atwell, Nancie. 1987. In the Middle: Writing, Reading, and Learning with Adolescents. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook.
• Beane, James. 1991. "Middle School: Then Natural Home of Integrated Curriculum." Educational Leadership (October).
• Bruner, Jerome. 1961. The Process of Education. Cambridge, MA:  Harvard University Press.

• Calkins, Lucy. 1986. The Art of Teaching Writing. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
• Close, Elizabeth Egan. 1992. "Literature Discussion: A Classroom Environment for Thinking and Sharing." English Journal (September).
• Daniels, Harvey, and Steven Aemelman. 1985. A Writing Project: Training Teachers of Composition from Kindergarten Through College. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
• Dewey, John. 1916. Democracy and Education. New York: Macmillan.
• Edelsky, Carole, Bess Alterger, and Barbara Flores. 1990. Whole Language: What's the Difference? Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
• Fader, Daniel. 1976. The New Hooked on Books. New York: Berkeley.
• Fielding, Leslie, and David Pearson. 1994. "Reading Comprehension: What Works." Educational Leadership (February).
• Glasser, William. 1990. The Quality School. New York: Harper.
• Goodman, Kenneth. 1986. What's Whole in Whole Language? Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
• Harste, Jerome, Kathy Short, and Carolyn Burke. 1988. Creating Classrooms for Authors: The Reading-Writing Connection. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
• Harwayne, Shelley. 1992. Lasting Impressions: Weaving Literature into the Writing Workshop. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
• Heath, Shirley Brice. 1985. Ways with Words: Language, Life and Work in Communities and Classrooms. New York: Cambridge University Press.
• Heath, Shirley Brice, and Leslie Mangiola. 1991. Children of Promise: Literate Activity in Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Classrooms. Washington, DC: National Education Association.
• Johnson, David, Roger Johnson, Edythe Holubec, and Patricia Roy. 1991. Cooperation in the Classroom. Edina, MN: Interaction Book Company.
• Keegan, Suzi, and Karen Shrake. 1991. "Literature Study Groups: An Alternative to Ability Grouping." Reading Teacher (April).
• Kohn, Alfir. 1993. "Choices for Children: Why and How to Let Students Decide." Phi Delta Kappan (October).
• Kroll, Marianne, and Ann Paziotopoulos. 1992. Literature Circles: Practical Ideas and Strategies for Responding to Literature. Darien, IL: M. Kroll. Available from M. Kroll, 1717 Lakeview Drive, Darien, IL 60561.
• Moffett, James, and Betty Jane Wagner. 1993. Student-Centered Language Arts K-12. 4th edition. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
• Nystrand, Martin, Adam Gamoran, and Mary Jo Heck. 1993. "Using Small Groups for Response to and Thinking about Literature." English Journal (January).
• Oakes, Jeannie. 1985. Keeping Track: How School Structure Inequality. New Haven: Yale University Press.
• Ogle, Donna. 1987. "A Framework for Strategic Teaching." In Strategic Teaching and Learning: Cognitive Instruction in the Content Areas. Edited by Beau Fly Jones. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
• Peterson, Ralph, and Eeds, Maryann. 1990. Grand Conversations: Literature Groups in Action. Ontario: Scholastic.
• Postman, Neil. 1979. Teaching as a Conserving Activity. New York: Delacorte.
• Postman, Neil, and Charles Weingartner. 1967. Teaching as a Subversive Activity. New York: Delacorte.
• Probst, Robert. 1988. Response and Analysis: Teaching Literature in the Junior and Senior High School. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton-Cook.
• Rief, Linda. 1991. Seeking Diversity: Language Arts with Adolescents. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
• Rogers, Carl. 1969. Freedom to Learn. Columbus,OH: Merrill.
• Rosenblatt, Louise. 1938. Literature as Exploration. New York: D. Appleton-Century. 1978. The Reader, the Text, and the Poem: The Transactional Theory of the Literary Work. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press.
• Routman, Regie. 1991. Invitations: Changing as Teachers and Learners K-12. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
• Samway, Katherine Davies, Gail Whang, Carl Cade, Melindevic Gamil, Mary Ann Lubandina, and Kansone Phommachanh. 1991. "Reading the Skeleton, the Heart, and the Brain of a Book: Students' Perspectives on Literature Study Circles." Reading Teacher (November).
• Schmuck, Richard, and Patricia Schmuck. 1988. Group Processes in the Classroom. Dubuque, IA: William C. Brown.
• Short, Kathy. 1986. Literacy as a Collaborative Experience. Ph.D. Dissertation, Indiana University.
• Short, Kathy Gnagey, and Kathryn Mitchell Pierce, eds. 1990. Talking About Books: Creating Literate Communities. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
• Slavin, Robert. 1985. Learning to Cooperate, Cooperating to Learn. New York: Plenum Press.
• Smith, Karen. 1990. "Entertaining a Text: A Reciprocal Process." In Talking About Books: Creating Literate Communities. Edited by Kathy Short and Kathryn Mitchell Pierce. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
• Taylor, Denny and Catherine Dorsey-Gaines. 1988. Growing Up Literate: Learning from Inner-City Families. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
• Thayer, Louis. 1981. Fifty Strategies for Experiential Learning. San Diego, CA: University Associates.
• Thelen, Herbert. 1954. The Dynamics of Groups at Work. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
• Vygotsky, Lev. 1978. Mind in Society: The Development of Higher Psychological Processes. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
• Wheelcok, Anne. 1992. Crossing the Tracks. New York: The New Press.
• Wood, George. 1992. Schools that Work. New York: Dutton.
• Zemelman, Steven and Harvey Daniels. 1988. A Community of Writers: Teaching Writing in the Junior and Senior High School. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
• Zemelman, Steven and Harvey Daniels, and Arthur Hyde. 1993. Best Practice: New Standards for Teaching and Learning in America's School. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

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