Discussion Director
Your job is to write down questions
that your group can talk about.
-1 Narrative/Point of View
-1 Mood
-1EOG
-1Genre
-1Compare/Contrast
Narrative/Point of View
1. Who is telling the story?
Answer: Wanda Malinski
Mood
2. What mood does the author want
to create in this section of the book? Answer: The author creates
a melancholy mood because it takes place during the depression and is telling
of how tough life is for this family.
EOG
3. All of the following describe
Wanda EXCEPT:
a. worried
b. smart
c. caring
d. impulsive
Answer: d
Genre
4. On your own
Compare/Contrast
5. On your own
Passage Picker
Your job is to pick passages from
this section that you and your group can talk about. Choose passages that
satisfies these 4 reasons:
-Informative
-Descriptive
-Funny/Amusing
-Interesting
-Cause/Effect
1. Informative
a. Page 5, Paragraph 7
b. "But times...cotton mill."
c. I chose this passage because
it provides the reader with important information about how life was during
the Great Depression.
d. Why couldn't Wanda's Pa get
a job anywhere? Answer: Because there were no jobs during this time.
e. Author's Purpose: To Inform
2. Descriptive
a. Page 10, Paragraph 5
b. "Miss Rosalie Smith...she did."
c. I chose this passage because
it gave a wonderful description of Wanda's teacher, Miss Rosalie Smith.
d. Did Wanda want her mother to
come to school to meet her teacher? Answer: Yes, but her mother never
would.
e. Author's Purpose: To Describe
3. Funny/Amusing
a-e. On your own
4. Interesting
a-e. On your own
5. Cause/Effect
a-e. On your own
Word Wizard
Choose 4 words from the list below.
-gingersnaps - page 9, paragraph
1
-barrel - page 15, last paragraph
-superintendent - page 19, line
2
-shrieking - page 19, last line
-shuffling - page 20, last paragraph
-application -page 24, first paragraph
1. gingersnaps (page 9, paragraph
1)
a. "One box of gingersnaps and
one tin of tea."
b. gingersnaps: a thin brittle
cookie sweetened with molasses and flavored with ginger
c. gingersnaps: sweet-tasting,
thin cookies
d. noun
e. Gingersnaps taste wonderful
with coffee or tea.
2. barrel (page 15, last paragraph)
a. "Walter threw the rat outside
in the trash barrel."
b. barrel: a round bulging
vessel of greater length than breadth that is usually made of staves bound
with hoops and has flat ends of equal diameter
c. barrel: a large round
container
d. noun
e. The barrel behind our house
holds much of our trash because of its large size.
3. superintendent (page 19, line
2)
a-d On your own
4. shrieking (page 19, last line)
a-d On your own
Character Sketcher
Your job is to find an interesting
character from this section. You will find three words that describe
the character. For each word, or character trait, you willl give
the proof, or example (including the page and paragraph).
The next thing you will do is tell
one of you character's goals, or what the character wants 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!
Walter
Character Traits:
1. page 3, paragraph 3
quiet
- because he never let anyone know how he felt or what he was thinking
2. page 15, last paragraph
defiant
- because he looked his father straight in the eye and told him that he
would be glad when he
is sent away
to the CCC because there will be no shoveling cellar rats for him.
3. page 19, last paragraph
jovial
- when Victoria and Wanda would dance around the kitchen
Goal:
Walter does not want to go to the
CCC.
Problem:
Walter's father wants him to go
to the CCC so he can raise money for their family, even though Walter is
not yet 18 years old.
Possible Solution:
Walter's father could learn to
become more caring and compassionate and stop taking his anger out on Walter.
Activity Activator
Your job is to design a Venn Diagram to go with this section of the story. Compare and contrast Walter and Wanda Malinski.
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