Discussion Director
Today your job is to be the
discussion director. You will come up with questions that the group
will discuss about this part of the book. Be sure to form questions about
parts of the reading that you feel are important. Be able to tell
the group WHY you feel this way. You will come up with:
Passage Picker
Today your job is to be the Passage Picker. You will pick important passages from the pages we have read. You will tell the group why you feel this passage is important and help the group discuss it. For this section choose 4 passages from the following reasons:
Entertaining
Page 52-55 But one- the darkness
This passage is when a rattlesnake comes up to the boys campfire one night. They have to be very still and quiet until the fire goes out so that the snake will leave and not bite them.
Why do they think the snake will leave once the fire goes out?
Answer: Their dad once told them that snakes like warm places. They figured the snake would get cold once the fire went out.
Author's Purpose: to entertain
Character Sketcher
Today your job is character sketcher. Your job is to find interesting traits about a character from this section of reading. You will find 3 words that describe the character. For each word, or trait, you will give the proof, or example (including page and paragraph). Next, you will 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 tell the solution or possible solution to the problem. Finally, you will illustrate your character.
Your character today is: Johnny
Word Wizard
Your job today is word wizard. You will take the four words given and look them up in the reading. Then look up the word in the dictionary. Using the context clues from the reading write down, in your own words, the definition of the word. Write down the correct part of speech. Next either write down a question and answer about the word for your group to answer or a sentence using your word wizard word. Finally, make your Word Wizard card.
molasses p. 33
cornmeal p. 32
chilly p.55
panther p.51
molasses
"I will leave you cornmeal for your bread and salt for your meat and
some molasses for a sweet."
Noun
--a thick brown syrup
Mom will put molasses on my toast at breakfast.
Summarizer
Your job today is summarizer. Your job is to prepare a brief summary of today's reading. The other members of your group will be counting on you to give a quick statement that tell the key points or the main highlights of the book we finished. Also make a list of main ideas or key events from the story.
Summary:
Key Points: