Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder
Fifth Grade (on grade)
Chapters 38-41
Discussion Director
Your job is to write down questions that your group can discuss from chapters 38-41. 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.
(MCEOG)
1. Which of the following best describes
how the Ma and the girls felt when Pa was gone?
A. worried
B. scared
C. frustrated
D. not caring
* Answer is A- worried page 320 paragraph 7
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!
1. page 338 para 2
2. Laura patted....home again
3. I picked this passage because is describes how Laura felt at the
end of the book. She shares that everything in the end turned out to be
good.
4. Laura said that she could not think of anything she wanted for Christmas.
Why? Because she said that the grasshoppers were gone, there would be wheat
next year and Pa was home safe and sound. That is all she could ask for.
5. The author's purpose to describe.
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. You may choose any four words from this section
of the book that you think your group would not know or would like to know
more about.
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 type of information that you will research will be up to you to decide. Make sure that you do not copy any other investigator information that has already been done. Think of something that would be a good closure to your lit circle group. You may want to ask your group members if they have any left over questions that they would still like to know more information about.