Literary+Illuminator+Investigator

=__Literary Illuminator/Investigator__ = The literary illuminator/investigator is responsible for bring attention to key lines, details, and passages from the text. Your selections should focus on which you find to be significant, funny, powerful, puzzling or otherwise worth sharing. One of the key qualities needed for this role is the ability to recognize what is significant and what is not. Additionally, the literary illuminator/investigator is responsible for locating background information on one of the allusions (what is an allusion?) used by Krakauer in the assigned reading section. Relevant background information might include a brief summary of the speakers/author’s life or personal beliefs or information about the literary work it is part of. A list of 2-3 key quotes, as well as your allusion and accompanying information, must be prepared and submitted before the lit circle begins.

It is up to you as to how you wish to organize and share your information with the group. You must put your work on the Google Doc, but you might want to explore some options for how to put your information together. Both of the products below can be inserted into your Google doc as an image.
 * Optional Tools **


 * You might use powerpoint to create slides that introduce and explain your selected quotes and allusions
 * You could use the web program Bubbl.us to create a graphic organizer of important events that might look something like this: