"The Talking Earth"

by Jean Craighead George

Section Eight:

Page 128-151

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 questions

2 in the book question

1 characterization question about Oats

2 Thought provoking questions

Passage Picker:

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

4 simile/metaphor

2 on your own

Word Wizard:

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

gunnel (page 131, paragraph 6, line 2)

mire (page 133, paragraph 2, line 5)

Character Sketcher:

Your job is to sketch Billie Wind

Investigator:

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