Holly O’Donnell stated, “Literature is personal, not just art for arts sake”. This statement put my passion for wanting to teach English into words. Being placed in a class that practiced literature circles, opened my mind to the idea that many feel the same way as I do, due to expressing such a passion for what they read. This activity was an exceptional way to prepare for small group discussion, and in doing so, learn more about our short story, “Small Avalanches” by Joyce Carol Oates. This activity shed a new, positive light for me in regards to small group discussions on literature because I learned more than I did on my own. For starters, I enjoyed the atmosphere and freedom it allowed us students to have. Literature circles allowed
