Lesson 2

Page 10 ("After a long rest, Duma begins to . . .")  to page 28 ("The cheetahs leave the gazelle unfinished. . .")
 

Discussion Director
 

• 2 Mood (example)
• 1 Prediction (example)
• 1 Fact/Opinion (example)
• 1 MCEOG (example)

Character Sketcher

Complete a character sketch of one of these characters:

• the gazelle

• the cubs

1. Write 3 traits about one of them.

2. Write one of their goals in the story.

3. Write one of their problems in the story.

4. Write a possible solution.
 
 

Passage Picker

Find one of each of the following passages:

• 1 Descriptive
• 1 Figure of Speech
• 1 Informative (example)

Word Wizard

1. Find the word agitation in the story.

2. Write the page and paragraph numbers.

3. Copy the sentence in which the word appears.

4. Decide what part of speech the word is.

5. Look up the word in the dictionary, and, in your own words, write the definition.

6. Decide what this word means to the story. Why is it important?

7. Make a Word Wizard Card with the page # and paragraph # on one side and an illustration of the word and the definition on the other.
 

Travel Tracer
When you are reading a book where characters move around a lot and the scene changes, it is important for everyone in your group to know where things are happening and how the setting may have changed. So that's you job: Describe each setting in detail. Be sure to give the page locations where the scene is described.

• Describe where the action in River Day began.
• Describe where important events happened in the story.
• Describe where the action ended.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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