Blogging with Literacy Circles

There are many great avenues to take when thinking about blogging with your students. As I read this article I began thinking about literacy circles. One of the biggest challenges I have during literacy circles/book clubs is getting the students to talk and discuss with each other. They prefer for me to pose a discussion topic, raise their hands, and answer my question. I have spent weeks attempting to model how to think of your own "I wonder" questions and discussing amongst themselves. So far there has been little progress. I am going to begin a blog about our book and have them post their thoughts about the current chapter. Blogs may be the answer to getting students to feel comfortable discussing literature without raising their hands and answering a teacher posed question.