Next Spring an Oriole
Author:  Gloria Whelan
5th grade (level 3 readers)
Pages 43- 60

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:
 

Problem/ Solution

What did Taw cum e go qua do for the Mitchell family when she learned that they had run out of food?

Answer:  She had her father to bring them enough food and supplies to last them through the winter.
 
 

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:

Make sure you include the page and paragraph number that your passages are found on.
 

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.

Today your character is:  Taw cum e go qua
 

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.

missionaries p. 47 par. 1
moccasins p. 49 par. 1
sturdy  p. 51 par. 1
sturgeon  p. 54 par. 1
 

moccasins
They touched the beaded embroidery on her dress and moccasins, and if I had not stopped them, they would have taken the moccasins right off her feet.
Noun
--a soft leather heelless shoe or boot with the sole brought up the sides of the foot
LeAnne bought some moccasins when she visited the Indian Reservation.
 

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: