Using the same novel at the primary and secondary level to read, comment and discuss : What are the differences ?
Research has reported the benefits of authentic shared learning activities, such as peer-led literature circles and journal logs, in better appreciating literature in class. But in a developmental perspective, we still understand very little of what could differ between elementary and secondary students discussing a same novel, The Giver (Loïs Lowry, 1992), within a same transactional and explicit teaching model. In this empirical study led in three classes (6, 8 and 10th grade), quantitative and qualitative analysis showed some differences in the way reading and collaboration modes are used in this oral/written context ; and in the type of subjects approached.