Lit Circles FTW (With A Twist) :)

This week instead of doing our normal Lit. Circles by ourselves, there was a little change. This week's Lit Circle was called "Literature Circles With A Twist...". Mrs Narsiman wants us to do a blog post on these 3 questions that relate to this week's literature circle; what are the benefits of working with a class-mate, what were some challenges and obstacles you overcame or tried to overcome and what were new understandings you gained about the novel.

What are the benefits of working with a class mate? There were two main benefits; you didn't have to do more but LESS work this time round and you had somebody that you rely on that can correct your work and give you suggestions. Many people would think less work is good because well, it's less work! For example, my partner was Natalie, and we did our literature circles together. As in, we were both online and we would discuss if a question was good or not or if our passage had enough But actually, it means that we can take the week we are given to do better and improved work because we won't have to stress thinking, " The 2nd benefit was that somebody was correcting your work and helping you make it better. Natalie was really helpful and gave me lots of ways to improve my Lit. Circle. She had corrected my grammar and made sure I had enough evidence and examples. 


What are some challenges/obstacles that you overcame (tried to overcome)? One challenge I obviously had was getting my ideas to full marks. I knew my partner was excellent at literature circles, so to not dissapoint her and letting her think that the hard work she put in wasn't worth anything, I had to kick it up a notch. 

What were some new understandings you gained about the novel? The True Confessions Of Charlotte Doyle is, without doubt, a very hard book to understand. But I have gained some new understandings about this superb novel. One understanding I gained was that a good author leaves bold hints of what is going to happen next.  This proves the author is a marvelous one because that's how they can pull the reader into the book and want to 


All though literature circles are not the best way to spend a weekend on, it has definitely changed after this twist :)