Designing Successful Learning Structures for Literature Circles with Sarah Rust

While literature circles are not a new concept, teachers are always looking for strategies to help students successfully interact and develop sustained conversations about texts. If you are thinking about literature circles for any grade level or subject area, you will want to listen to my interview with Language Arts teacher Sarah Rust as she takes us through her planning and design process with students:

Sample Conversations:

Scenes from a Literature Circle Meeting in the NHS Learnin...