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=Lit Circles 2.0=
 * Essential Questions**: How does discussing literature with others deepen our understanding of what we have read? How can online discussion groups help to support a community of learners who engage in meaningful conversation?
 * Unit Questions:** How does literature help us understand ourselves and each other?
 * Content Questions:** How does writing about what I read help me better understand what I read? How does discussing what I read with others help me better understand what I read and my thoughts about what I read? How does listening to others discuss their ideas affect my ideas? How does reading the responses of others affect my ideas and opinions?

Wiki: litcirclewiki.wikispaces.com
 * Unit Summary:** Students will participate in an online literature circle using litcirclewiki.wikispaces.com In small groups students will read a common novel, participate in an online discussion, and as a group collaborate on a response to present information on their novel to the rest of the class. Other supporting activities will include a pre-assessment survey gauging student reading likes and dislikes the creation of several concept maps including book comparison, character comparison, and opinion statement concept maps. A possible culminating activity will be the recording of a book review podcast on a book of their own choice.

Unit Plan: Letter introducing Project Based Learning: Concept maps: Assessments: