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. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
 

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

Section Five: 121-157

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:

reprimand (p. 125 par. 7)      patchwork (p.126 par.2)        disobedience (p.128 par.2)

surging (p. 129  par.1)             bleary-eyed (p. 130 par.5)

chignon (p. 131  par.6)              readjusting (p. 132 par. 3)
 
 

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Character Sketcher
Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry
by Mildred Taylor

Section Five: 121-157

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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Some Suggestions for the Characters from this section:

Uncle Hammer
Big Ma
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Investigator
Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry
by Mildred Taylor

Section Five: 121-157

Your job is to dig-up background information on the state Mississippi (the climate, way of life past and present, etch).  This information should help you understand the book better.
Specific ideas you should look for are:
 


 

Ways to Gather Information: