Discussion Director

    Your job is to write down questions that your group can discuss from chapters 34-37.  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 two words to choose from, you choose one and then pick three of your own.

                                earnestly (page 285 para 5)
                                bustled (page 291 para 7)
 
 

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!!
 
 

Connector

    Your job is to connect the story with something that has happened in your life. You will need to write it down and share with your group. You will also need to get your group sharing about things that they can connect with the story. You will need to remember a time that you were left alone and something unexpected came up that you had to deal with. Was there ever a time like this? Do you know of a friend or another family member that had to deal with a similar situation as the Ingalls' girls? Write about it and get your group to discuss how it affected you or that person.
 

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