Novel study and Literature Circles

Still experimenting with pinterest as a tool for my own learning… My best advice so far is to use the comment section to include your own thoughts and writing which I have done on almost all my boards. When you are pinning something take a few seconds to erase whatever comment or caption that pre-exists and put in your own thoughts about the image. This adds your voice to the conversation.

I arranged two pin boards about novels that I studied with my literature circle group. I collected a variety of images that I thought accompanied what I had read in the novels. Then I added quotations and my own thoughts to the caption boxes. The product I’m left with is a very visual and thorough representation of my learning.

Professor Filipenko asked me to share this method with the class today.

I’m trying to think of ways I can use this method with my students… I would love for each student to be able to do this… I think pinterest could potentially be a very powerful tool for learning but I have to think carefully about privacy, policy, and terms of use. (The woes of being in the first wave of teachers to be true digital natives).

 I would recommend The Breadwinner for Grades 5-8 and The Bone Collector’s Son for Grades 7-9. Both books are excellent (and I found many text-to-text connections between the two!).