Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card Literature Circle Activities for High School
Facilitate active participation in small-group discussions of science fiction literature with this set of literature circle materials for teaching Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. The following are included: a handout detailing student roles, documentation logs to hold students accountable for their tasks, and a standards-based rubric for scoring student performances. Materials are delivered in both Word Document and PDF formats. (Alternatively, a Google Drive option is available.) By engaging with these literature circle materials, students will do the following:
Articulate key details from the story
Generate open-ended questions related to the novel in order to carry out meaningful discussions with peers
Respond thoughtfully to open-ended questions and others' contributions to the discussion
Document ways in which the novel is consistent with aspects of modern society
Locate specific passages and/or quotations that relate to major themes and concepts such as those relating to technology, space travel, the military, and the value of independent thinking
Artistically convey important information from the assigned reading
Write about literature with clarity, accuracy, and precision
Materials are available for a range of dystopian and science fiction texts:
Facilitate active participation in small-group discussions of science fiction literature with this set of literature circle materials for teaching Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. The following are included: a handout detailing student roles, documentation logs to hold students accountable for their tasks, and a standards-based rubric for scoring student performances. Materials are delivered in both Word Document and PDF formats. (Alternatively, a Google Drive option is available.) By engaging with these literature circle materials, students will do the following:
Articulate key details from the story
Generate open-ended questions related to the novel in order to carry out meaningful discussions with peers
Respond thoughtfully to open-ended questions and others' contributions to the discussion
Document ways in which the novel is consistent with aspects of modern society
Locate specific passages and/or quotations that relate to major themes and concepts such as those relating to technology, space travel, the military, and the value of independent thinking
Artistically convey important information from the assigned reading
Write about literature with clarity, accuracy, and precision
Materials are available for a range of dystopian and science fiction texts:
Facilitate active participation in small-group discussions of science fiction literature with this set of literature circle materials for teaching Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. The following are included: a handout detailing student roles, documentation logs to hold students accountable for their tasks, and a standards-based rubric for scoring student performances. Materials are delivered in both Word Document and PDF formats. (Alternatively, a Google Drive option is available.) By engaging with these literature circle materials, students will do the following:
Articulate key details from the story
Generate open-ended questions related to the novel in order to carry out meaningful discussions with peers
Respond thoughtfully to open-ended questions and others' contributions to the discussion
Document ways in which the novel is consistent with aspects of modern society
Locate specific passages and/or quotations that relate to major themes and concepts such as those relating to technology, space travel, the military, and the value of independent thinking
Artistically convey important information from the assigned reading
Write about literature with clarity, accuracy, and precision
Materials are available for a range of dystopian and science fiction texts:
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Facilitate active participation in small-group discussions of science fiction literature with this set of literature circle materials for teaching Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. The following are included: a handout detailing student roles, documentation logs to hold students accountable for their tasks, and a standards-based rubric for scoring student performances.