"The Talking Earth"

by Jean Craighead George

Section One:

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Discussion Director:

Your job is to ask 6 questions, the answers to your questions, and the page number and paragraph where the answers are found (if possible).  Be sure you ask questions that really make your group think!!  You need to ask the following types of questions:

2 MCEOG questions

1 cause and effect

1 characterization question about Charlie Wind

2 Thought provoking question

Passage Picker:

Your job is to pick out 6 passages that exhibit the following:

3 similes

2 descriptive

1 interesting

Word Wizard:

Your job is to complete your role sheet for the following 3 words and one word of your choice:

silhouette (page 6, paragraph 5, line 15)

slough (page 14, paragraph 3, line 1)

penknife (page 15, paragraph 3, line 4)

Character Sketcher:

Your job is to sketch Billie Wind

Investigator:

Your job is to investigate more about the Big Cypress Reservation

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