*This Literature Circles Unit is designed for use with a Fifth grade class but could be adapted for use with several grades above and below the Fifth grade level. The On Grade Level group is reading at a Fifth grade level. The Unit also includes lessons for three Below Grade Level groups (at Fourth, Third, and Second grade levels).  The class would work together on a book entitled The Courage of Sara Noble by: Alice Dalgliesh. The teacher should model the jobs of the Literature Circles for students as they read this book, as a class. Students will have the opportunity to practice the jobs with the modeling book, preparing them for better understanding of the jobs when they are broken into their Literature Circle groups.  The following are the books to be used with this Literature Circles Unit:
 

ON GRADE LEVEL-
Avi. Night Journeys

BELOW GRADE LEVEL (4th)-
Denenberg, Barry. The Journal of William Thomas Emerson. Scholastic Inc. New York: 1998.

BELOW GRADE LEVEL (3rd)-
Osborne, Mary Pope. Revolutionary War on Wednesday.
Bulla, Clyde R. A Lion to Guard Us. Harper Trophy. New York: 1989.

BELOW GRADE LEVEL (2nd)-
Benchley, Nathaniel.  George the Drummer Boy.  HarperTrophy, New York.  1977.

Benchley, Nathaniel.  Sam the Minuteman.  HarperTrophy, New York.  1969.

Rappaport, Doreen.  The Boston Coffee Party.  Harper and Row. New York.  1988.

Roop, Peter and Connie.  Buttons for General Washington.  Carolrhoda Books,
           Minnesota.  1986.

Walker, Sally M.  The 18 Penny Goose.   HarperTrophy, USA.  1998.
 
 

MODELING BOOK (5th)-
Dalgliesh, Alice. The Courage of Sarah Noble.