Discussion Director
problem/solution
MCEOG
Characters Goals
Describe
Mood
1. What is the problem of Addy's family that we are introduced to in this section? What are there attempts at solving this problem?
    After they were freed they had to leave their baby Esther and cannot find Addy's older brother, Sam who left       them before the war was over. They are putting ads in a newspaper and planting vegetables to see to raise money so that Addy's dad can go back to the plantation they lived on and get the baby.

Passage Picker
Your job is to pick passages from your section that your group can talk about. Choose passages that satisfy
these requirements:
persuasive
descriptive

Passage 1
p. 42 par. 4
"No, we don't...believe me."
Why is Harriet crying? She has just found out that her uncle that she is so proud of has died.
The author uses this passage to persuade the reader to feel compassionate towards Harriet.
I chose this passage because the author was trying to persuade the reader to see that Harriet is a real person, too.

Word Wizard
Look up these words:

seedlings p. 34 par. 2
preserves p.38 par. 4
churning p. 39 par. 1
customer p.48 par. 3

seedlings p. 34 par. 2
noun
seedling- the beginning of the plant, the very small first part out of the ground
"The day before the fair, Addy and Momma gently dug out some little seedlings Momma was going to sell at the Women's booth"
 

Illustrator
Your job is to draw a picture that somehow relates to what is in the reading for today. It can be a sketch, cartoon, diagram, or stick-figure scene. You can draw something specifically from the book, something the book made you think of, or how the book makes you feel. After you draw your picture write a descriptive paragraph about your drawing. Your paragraph should include:
-who or what the picture is about
-where the picture takes place
-when it is happening
-why you drew that picture
 

Character Sketcher
Your job is to find an interesting character from the section you read today. You will find three words that describe the character. For each word you, or character trait, you will give the proof, or example (including page and paragraph).

Character Traits for:
Momma