A Long Way from Chicago
by Richard Peck
You and your literature circle will be reading A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck in the next 5 weeks. You will each have a role in the reading, research, and analysis of the novel.
1. Divide the reading and the work into 5 weeks' worth of work. Take your school planners and divide the section assignments by week. Work should be turned in when each section is completed. I need to see a planner calendar completed before we meet next class session.
2. You will each need to take turns in the roles assigned within your literature circle. Make these literature circles roles clear in the planner so no one is confused about what role each of you have for each section of this assignment.
3. The internet on our class computers will be available for the various links that will found in coming weeks.
4. For each section's writing options, pick one (if more than one option is listed). You do not have to write an essay for the entire assignment. Prewrite on your topic. These will be part of your portfolio and will be options later to develop into a full essay.