This research is motivated by the low quality of students' literacy processes, which are still dominated by passive reading activities without integration with thinking and writing skills. The study aimed to analyze the implementation of the Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (CIRC) model in Indonesian language learning in fifth-grade elementary schools. The study used a qualitative approach with a case study design, involving one teacher and 24 students over four months. Data were collected through observation, interviews, and documentation, and then analyzed using the Miles and Huberman interactive model. The results showed that most students were actively involved in the reading, discussion, and writing processes, resulting in a collaborative literacy pattern. The main findings of this study indicate that the literacy process is formed through the interconnectedness of reading activities, group interactions, and writing reconstruction, rather than as separate activities. However, inequalities in participation were still found due to suboptimal differentiation and scaffolding in learning. Thus, this study confirms that the quality of learning implementation is a key factor in developing active and meaningful literacy.
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