Discussion Director
Chapter 1 – 3 pg 1 – 22
Your job is to write down questions that your group can talk about.
1. Where does this story take place? Explain your answer.
Pg 3 pp 1 pg 5 pp 2
Poets call it the woods - The Northern
Deciduous Forest, the forest of falling leaves
2. What do you think Uncle Luke meant when he said, “when you find an ovenbird you have found the wizard of the woods.” Pg 5 pp 1
3. What is the problem in this part of the book? Rebecca is looking for an ovenbird
4. MCEOG
All except which one is part of the five layers
of plant life in the woodland of the Eastern United States.
a. canopy
b. shrub layer
c. field layer
d. soil layer
e. green layer
5. FACT or OPINION
Is it a fact or opinion that the Northeastern Deciduous
Forest, is the forest of falling leaves?
FACT
One Day in the Woods
By: Jean Craighead George
Passage Picker
Chapter 1 – 3 pg 1 – 22
Your job is to pick passages from this section that you and your
group can talk about. Choose passages that satisfy these reasons.
· descriptive
· informative
· scientific
· problem/solution
· figurative language
1. Informative
2. pg 3 pp 1 pg 5
3. The woods . . . Rebecca was.
4. I chose this passage because it is informative
and scientific. It teaches the reader about the five layers of theNortheastern
Deciduous Forest.
5. Q. What are the five layers of the Northern
Deciduous Forest?
A. 1. Canopy
2. Shrub layer 3. Field layer 4. Soil layers
5. Litter layer
6. .Author’s purpose: to describe and
inform
1. Problem/Solution
2. pg 5 pp 1
3. The tree . . . of the woods.
4. I chose this passage to inform the reader
of the problem in this part of the book. Why? It tells why
Rebecca is out climbing a tree. Why is she on a worth while expedition,
She is looking for a wizard, an ovenbird and a warbler.
5. Q. What is the problem in this section,
at this time?
A. Rebecca is searching for an ovenbird.
6. Author’s purpose: to inform
1. Informative
2. pg 5 pp 4
3. I’ll know . . . she could.
4. I chose this passage to inform the reader
what Uncle Like said. He said, “an ovenbird was a wizard.”
5. Q. What did Uncle Luke say about
an ovenbird?
A. He was a wizard.
6. Author’s purpose” to inform
1. Figurative Language
2. pg 6 pp 1
3. Uncle Luke . . .. found me.
4. I chose this passage to show a simile because
the ovenbird has eyes that sparkle like a woodland lake.
5. Q. An ovenbird has eyes like what?
A. A woodland lake
6. Author’s purpose: to inform
One Day in the Woods
By: Jean Craighead George
Word Wizard
Chapter 1- 3 pg 1- 22
Find these words in your section of reading. Give the page and paragraph where you found the word and the sentence in which the word appears. Give your own definition of the word and also the part of speech in which the word is being used. Then make up your own sentence with the word in it. For two of the words, you are going to make a word card with the word on one side along with the page and paragraph of there the word was found. On the other side of the card, write the word, the definition, part of speech, and a picture.
Magnifying pg 7 pp 1
Ovenbird pg 6 pp 1
Canopy pg 6 pp 1
Kits pg 12 pp 1
1. magnifying pg 7 pp1
2. She shifted her position, and her magnifying glass slid out of her
daypack.
3. An object that makes something significantly larger.
4. A device to make something look larger
5. Noun
6. Q. What fell out of Rebecca’s daypack as she was climbing
in the tree?
A. A magnifying glass
7. Card
1. ovenbird pg 6 pp 1
2. Uncle Luke also said the ovenbird has large eyes that sparkle like
a woodland lake.
3. An American warbler that builds a dome-shaped next on the ground.
4. The ovenbird is a bird who lives in the Northeastern Deciduous
forest
5. noun
6. Q. What was it that Rebecca was looking for in the woods?
A. an ovenbird
7. Card
1. canopy pg 6 pp 1
2. What Uncle Luke had not told Rebecca was which layer the ovenbird
lived in.
3. A cloth covering or top layer on a forest
4. The canopy of branches sheltered us from the rain.
5. noun
6. Q. What is the top cover of plant life of the eastern United
States?
A. canopy
7. card
1. kits pg 12 pp 1
2. She curled over her kits that had been born the night before under
the waning spring moon.
3. A young or undersized fur-bearing animal
4. The baby kits were snuggled close to their mother.
5. noun
6. Q. Which animal curled up over her kits?
A. a fox
7. Card
One Day in the Woods
By: Jean Craighead George
Character Sketcher
Chapter 1 – 3 pg 1 – 22
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 or character train, you will give proof, or example. The next thing you will do is to tell one of your character’s goals, or what the character what to do in this section.
Then you will find one of the character’s problems in the section and the solution or possible solution to the problem.
Finally, you get to have fun and illustrate your character.
Rebecca
Character traits:
1. Outdoorsman: She was out climbing a tree.
2. Curious: She was looking for an ovenbird.
3. Confident: She would find the ovenbird
Goal: To find an ovenbird
Problem: She could not find an ovenbird.
Solution: She kept trying persevered, but has not fund it in this section of the book, so she went to look in another neighborhood.
One Day in the Woods
By: Jean Craighead George
Discussion Director
Chapter 4 – 5 pg 23 – 34
Your job is to write down questions that your group can talk about.
1. All of the following would describe a chestnut-sided towhee except
which one.
a. He sang songs
b. He hunted in the forest
c. He was looking for a mate
d. He could not fly
2. All of the following except which animal did Rebecca see in this
section.
a. chipmunk
b. wood rat
c. chestnut-sided towhee
d. cooper hawk
e. shrew
f. dog
1. What do you think was Rebecca’s problem in this section? Pg 27 pp1 line 8
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She had caught the woods on fire.
2. How do you think she should have solved her problem?
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She could have used her jacket to smoother the fire, used a jar of
limeade and gotten water from the pond.
3. CAUSE /EFFECT
Why was she able to put the fire out easily? pg 27
pp2
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The five layers of the woods worked their wizardry
One Day in the Woods
By: Jean Craighead George
Passage Picker
Chapter 4 – 5 pg 23 - 34
Your job is to pick passages from this section that you and your group
can talk about. Choose passages that satisfy these reasons.
· Informative
· Descriptive
1. Informative
2. The passage I picked was pg 27 pp 2
3. Now the . . . went out.
4. I chose this passage to inform the reader of the wizardry
of the woods.
This is the main idea for the book, to teach about the forest.
5. Q. What is the wizardry of the woods?
A. The different animals had unique
tricks that they could do.
6. Author’s purpose: to inform
1. Informative
2. The passage I picked was pg 29 pp 1 line 12 through pg 31
pp 1
3. Just as . . . woodland swamp.
4. I chose this passage to inform the reader of the vertical
neighborhoods in the deciduous forest.
5. Q. All except which one are the vertical layers
of the Deciduous Forest?
a. Woodland copse
b. ridge community
c. woodland meadows
d. woodland swamp
e. ridge breaker
6. Author’s purpose: to inform
1. Descriptive MCEOG
2 .The passage I picked was pg 32 pp 1
3. The fern . . . red-violet.
4. I chose this passage to bring attention to the description
of the male wood duck.
5. Q. The male wood duck had all of these characteristics
except
which one?
a. red eyes circles with white and iridescent
green feathers
b. cheeks and breasts purple
c. his plumes red/violet
d. his feet bright red
6.Author’s purpose: to describe
One Day in the Woods
By: Jean Craighead George
Word Wizard
Chapter 4 – 5 pg 23 - 34
Find these words in your section of reading. Give the page and
paragraph where you found the word and the sentence in which the word appears.
Give your own definition of the word and also the part of speech in which
the word is being used. Then make up your own sentence with the word
in it. For two of the words, you are going to make a word card with
the word on one side along with the page and paragraph of there the word
was found. On the other side of the card, write the word, the definition,
part of speech, and a picture.
Labyrinth pg 24 pp 1 or line 8
Shrew pg 25 pp 1 or line 7
1. Labyrinth pg 24 pp1 or line 8
2. A chipmunk popped out of the doorway of a labyrinth she had dug
through the letter into the soil.
3. A maze
4. A tunnel
5. Noun
6. Q. A mouse ran through - - -
a. the maze (labyrinth
b. copse ( coppice forest originating
mainly from sprouts or root suckers rather than seed
c. oriental temple
d. pagoda
7. Card
1. Shrew pg 25 pp 1 or line 7
2. The wood rat slunk to his next, but the shrew stayed out in spite
of the hungry hawk.
3. An animal related to the mole and distinguished by a long pointed
snout
4. The shrew dug a hole in the ground
5. noun
6. Q. Which animal is related to the mole?
a. cat
b. skunk
c. shrew
d. snake
7. Card
One Day in the Woods
By: Jean Craighead George
Character Sketcher
Chapter 4 – 5 pg 23 34
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 or character train, you will give proof, or example. The next thing you will do is to tell one of your character’s goals, or what the character what to do in this section.
Then you will find one of the character’s problems in the section and the solution or possible solution to the problem.
Finally, you get to have fun and illustrate your character.
Rebecca
1. learning She was learning about all the wizardry of the woods.
2. Smart quick to put out the fire
3. Precautions She poured limeade and pond water
Goals: to continue to find the ovenbird
Problem/Solution: She started a fire and put it out.
