Discussion Director

    Your job is to write down questions that your group can discuss  from chapters 24-28.  Make sure to come up with different types of questions. Some types of questions that you can ask are Fact/Opinion, Multiple Choice End of Grade Questions (MCEOG), problem/solution, author's purpose, mood, and compare/contrast. Today you need to write down five questions and the answers. Make sure to include what page and in what paragraph you can find the answer to the question.
 
 

Passage Picker

    Your job is to pick parts of the story that you want to read aloud in your group. You will need to pick four passages to read aloud within your group. Reasons for picking these passages can be descriptive, informative, figurative language, entertaining, funny/amusing, foreshadowing, or scary. Make sure to include what page you can find the passage and what paragraph or lines it may be!

Word Wizard

    Your job is to look for special words in the story that you or your group members may not recognize or understand. Words that you could look for may be compound, hard, strange, describing, funny, and or important. Make sure to include what page and paragraph you found the word.  Here are four words to choose from, you may choose two of your own.

                               scrooged (page 179 para 4)
                                missionary (page 188 para 5)
                                thudding (page 195 line 2)
                                scorching (page 223 para 4)
 
 

Character Sketcher

    Your job is to find an interesting character from the chapters you have read. For this lesson you can choose whoever you would like to do a character sketch of.  Make sure to find three words that describe your character and you will need to give proof or an example. Make sure to put what page and in what paragraph you found the proof. You will also need to tell one goal of the character, a problem and the solution for the character. When you are done, illustrate your character!!
 
 

Investigator

    Your job is to dig up some background information on any topic related to your book. This might include:

        The geography, weather, culture, or history of the book's setting
        Information about the author, her/his life, and other works
        Information about the time period portrayed in the book
        Pictures, objects, or materials that illustrate the book
        Music that reflects the book of the time

    The idea is to find one bit of information that helps your group understand the book better. Investigate something that interests you.

Ways of gathering information:

        Library books or magazines
        On-line computer search or encyclopedia
              Westward Movement resources
              Laura Ingalls Wilder Page
        Interviews with people who know about this topic (excluding your teacher)
        Other novels, or textbooks you have read.

* The topic of  information that you will need to research for your group needs to be about the kind of weather that pioneers had to deal with. Find out if there was such a thing as "Grasshopper Weather". Look for other types of weather such as dust storms and blizzards!!.
 
 
 
 

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