• The teacher should provide students with special learning needs with a taped reading of the book that the rest of the class is reading (Chronicles of America: COLONIAL TIMES).  These students will also follow along in the book as the class reads together. This allows students to both visualize and hear the words of the book and the taped reading allows them the extra time they may need to comprehend the book. Students with learning disabilities in reading should be given the Literature Circle jobs that maximize the skills that they have mastered, such as artistic skills.  These jobs include the Illustrator, Word Wizard, and Character Sketcher.

The Literature Circles Unit will also accommodate the needs of ESL students. These students will be placed in the Literature Circle group that is closest to their reading level.   ESL students should also be given the artistic types of jobs, such as Character Sketcher and Illustrator. They should often be given the job of Word Wizard, to further the development of their English vocabulary.  Both ESL students and students with learning disabilities in reading should be assisted in the reading of their books as needed. If necessary, they should be provided with taped readings of their group's Literature Circle book(s).