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Welcome to the Wiki for the English 8-2 Literature Circle on __Chains__ by Colin Harris, Andrew Keuler, Sara Prising, and Serena Shimshak.

We are reading and discussing the book Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson in literature circles. A literature circle is a small group of students who meet together (usually daily) in an English class to discuss a certain piece of information.



We will have certain guidelines for operating in these groups. These are as follows:
 * Reading and annotating each assignment is worth 5 points.
 * Group members will receive 5 points for actively participating in the daily discussion of the last reading assignment.
 * Group members will receive 5 points for doing two discussion questions for every assignment.
 * Group members will receive 5 points for being respectful and on task during class.
 * Therefore, group members will be graded out of 20 points.
 * Group member may earn extra credit for doing extra discussion questions. Each extra discussion question will be worth 1 point. A group member can only get this extra credit if he or she did not obtain a 20/20. It can only raise his or her grade to a 20/20.
 * Discussion questions must be "good," not obvious or too easy. Group members will decide if a discussion question is "good."

We also have a schedule for reading. This is the reading schedule: --Due Date -- Pages  
 * Friday 1/9 - 1 - 25
 * Tuesday 1/13 - 26 - 61
 * Wednesday 1/14 - 62 - 92
 * Thursday 1/15 - 93 - 122
 * Friday 1/16 - 123 - 153
 * Monday 1/19 - 154 - 195
 * Tuesday 1/20 - 196 - 223
 * Wednesday 1/21 - 224 - 243
 * Thursday 1/22 - 244 - 262
 * Friday 1/23 - 263 - 279
 * Monday 1/26 - 279 - 300