"The Talking Earth"

by Jean Craighead George

Section Three:

Page 32-52

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:

1 MCEOG question

1 in the book question

2 characterization questions about Petang

2 Thought provoking questions

Passage Picker:

Your job is to pick out 5 passages that exhibit the following:

3 similes

1 descriptive

1 on your own

Word Wizard:

Your job is to complete your role sheet for the following 2 words and two words of your choice:

 inferno (page 37, paragraph 1, line 3)

deluge (page 40, paragraph 3, line 4)

Character Sketcher:

Your job is to sketch Billie Wind

Investigator:

Your job is to investigate more about the pickerel weed and other edible plants

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