By: Lynne Cherry
CHARACTER SKETCHER
The job of the Character Sketcher is
to sketch the smaller man. The character sketch has to include the following:
three implied character traits that display the action of the character
in the reading; an explanation of each trait; identification of the character's
goal, problem, and the solution.
Discussion Director
The job of the Discussion Director is to ask the other members of the group questions that make them think about what they have read. The Discussion Director needs to write down the question, the answer to the question, and the page and paragraph of the book where the answer can be found (if possible). The Discussion Director should come up with five meaningful questions to ask the group. You need to ask the following types of questions:
1 MCEOG
1 Cause/Effect questions
1 Characterization question about the smaller man character
2
"Thinking" question on your own
Passage Picker
The job of the passage picker is to pick out passages from the book that are important to the reading and are worth talking about. The Passage Picker should write down the page and paragraph number where the passage can be found. The Passage Picker should pick out 4 passages that show the following:
1 Figurative Language (simile)
2 Descriptive
1 On Your Own
Word Wizard
The job of the word wizard is to teach the other member's of the group the meaning of words in the book. These vocabulary words are words that you may not know, but are important to the reading. Complete the word wizard sheet for the following words:
Kapok: page 1, paragraph 1
ancestors: page 4, paragraph 1
pollen: page 6, paragraph 1
canopy: page 8, paragraph 1
Investigator
The job of the investigator is to search
other sources such as the encyclopedia, Internet, newspaper, etc. for connections
to the reading and to share these ideas with the group. The Investigator
needs to cite where the information was found. Research trees and why they
are chopped down. Find other alternatives to chopping down the forests.
List 3 different ways that we can save the trees from being destroyed.