Your job is to write down questions that your group can talk about.  Be sure to start your questions with words like, Who, What, When, Why, How, Tell, Where, and Describe.
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1. Character
 Why do you think that Big Ma did not defend Cassie in Strawberry and made her apologize to Lillian Jean?

    (I think Big Ma did not defend Cassie because she was afraid of Mr. Simms and what he might do to Cassie.  She made Cassie apologize to Lillian Jean so that Mr. Simms would leave them alone.  African-Americans did not have a say in matter and for an old black woman to stand up to a white guy and say that he was wrong would bring a lot of trouble.)

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Passage Picker
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry
by: Mildred Taylor

Section Four: 91-120

Your job is to pick passages from this section that you and your group can talk about.  Choose the passages that satisfy the following reasons:

The Steps:
1. Pick out a passage you would like to share
2.Write down the page and paragraph number.
3. Write down the first two words and the last two words of your passage.
4. Write down the reason you chose the passage, and explain why!
5. Ask a question about your passage, and give an answer.
6. Write down the Author's purpose: to describe, to entertain, to inform or to persuade.
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2. p. 97 par. 3
3. "The face...charcoal"
4. I chose this FIGURATIVE language passage because it helped me to know exactly what Mr. Berry looked like according to Cassie's perspective.  The passage also contains one of my favorite things, a simile!
5. Q.  In this passage there is a simile, can you find what two things are being compared?
    A. Mr. Berry's eyes and charcoal.
6. author's purpose:  TO DESCRIBE

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Word Wizard
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry
by: Mildred Taylor

Section Four:  91-120

The Steps

1. Write down the word and include the page and paragraph number.
2. Copy the sentence from the book in which the word appears.
3. Look up the word in the dictionary.
4. Using your context clues and the dictionary definition, write down in your own words the definition of the word.
5. Write down the correct part of speech (noun, verb, adjective, adverb).
6. Write down a question and the answer about the word that would help you to teach the word to your group.  Try to ask a question about the word that makes your group refer back to the text.  OR you could write a sentence using the word wizard word.
7. Make your word wizard card.  Be sure to include in big print your word and the page and paragraph number.  On the other side of your card should be a picture, the word, and the definition of the word.

Choose four words from the following:

emphatic (p. 93 par. 1)       glint (p.94 par.3)    disclosing (p. 95 par. 6)        intermingled (p. 97 par. 1)

subdued (p. 103 par. 5)     teeming (p. 104 par. 3)       aloofness (p. 119 par.2)
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1. subdued (p. 103 par. 5)
2. "T. J., however, was surprisingly subdued when he settled into the wagon; I suppose that at three-thirty in the morning even T.J.'s mouth was tired."
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4. Definition of subdued:  to be quiet and calm
5. adjective
6.My dog had been barking all night long and when the morning came he sat quite subdued in his dog house too tired to lift his head.
7. (see word wizard card)

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Character Sketcher
Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry
by Mildred Taylor

Section Four: 91-120

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 trait, you will give proof, or example (don't forget to include the page and paragraph number!).  The next thing you will do is tell one of your 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 according to the describing words in the book!
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Examples could be:
                             Big Ma
                                Mr. Simms
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Artful Artist
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry
by: Mildred Taylor

Section Four: 91-120

Your job is to draw a picture that illustrates a scene, main idea, or feeling from the story that you liked best.
After you finish drawing your picture, write about your drawing.  Include in your response:

-who or what your picture is about
-where your picture takes place
-when it is happening
-why you drew it

As you share with your group:
- Don't tell the group what your drawing is.
-Let them guess how it goes with the story.
-Your group should discuss your picture before you talk about it.