Engaging students in a virtual environment: consider virtual literature circles to create a safe space for students

by Thomas Courtney “Recent months have reminded me how central the stories, themes, and lessons in quality literature need to be to our work. Here’s what I’ve learned by building rich, diverse, and powerful literature components into distance learning, one page at a time.

1. the right books provide the relevant content that today’s students need
2. online read alouds and literature circles
3. the importance of student choice
4. useful book lists Read article