IV. Summarizing Concepts

The instructor:
  1. Concludes by leading a post-activity discussion (as in Session 4), eliciting such information as:

    What worked?
    What were the difficulties encountered?
    Are there any questions?
    Did you need to adapt the story frame in any way.


  2. Reinforces the role that the linking phrases play in aiding the retelling and

  3. Distributes blank story frames (Box 10 - the form for duplicating is in Appendix E) and suggests that participants use the story frame phrases along with the story map to cue their memory when book sharing at home and in their Literature Circles at the beginning of future sessions. (Participants place their story frame handout in their duotang folders.)

  4. Allows time for book sign-out.
NOTE: Some groups may be more advanced than others in terms of reading level. Different groups of participants within the same class may read different stories. In this case the final discussion could include the adaptations that groups made to the frame to fit different stories.

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