Endangered Species
by
Stacey Burke, Laura Dale,
Julia Sherrill, and Steve Gough

The Hunted by Gloria Skurzynski
and Alane Ferguson
 

Section One (pages 1-30)
 

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Character Sketcher:

Your job as the Character Sketcher is to select a character from the section your group has just read.   Identify three traits or characteristics about your character. Keep in mind that the traits you are selecting are not directly quoted in the text. Your goal is to find characteristics that are hinted through the reading. Pick qualities other than good, bad, nice, mean. In other words, use your vocabulary. Show us what you’ve got! You need to prove why you selected those characteristics, so write the page and paragraph number that explains your selection next to trait.  Next, you are to identify the characters goal and their problem and solution in the section. If the problem has not been solved yet, think of a possible solution on your own and write it down.  Last, you draw your character. Think about the three traits you selected when sketching your picture. Get creative and draw whatever you want for your character! Have fun and remember you’ll be sharing your job with the group.
 
 

Passage Picker:

As the Passage Picker, you will be thinking about four passages you want to select and share with the group. For this section, I will ask for the types of passages for you to look for. There are many different selections to choose from, so pick the ones you like the best! To keep track of your choices, write down the page and paragraph number of the passage and the first two words and the last two words of your passage. Be sure to label the type of passage it is.You also want to create a good thinking question about your passage to ask the group. Write your answer down too. Your final job as the Passage Picker is to tell us either why the author included this passage in the story, or what the passage adds to the story.

For Section 1:

1 Simile/Metaphor
1 Informative
1 Historical
1 Descriptive
 
 

Discussion Director:

The Discussion Director is responsible for getting your group to think a little deeper about the selection you just read. You are to come up with five questions about the reading. As the Discussion Director, you don’t want to let your group off easy by giving them simple questions. Select ones that grab their attention require them to think or re-read a section to find your answer. Think about picking questions that will provoke a discussion among your group. Questions that could have more than one answer are great to get the group talking, trading ideas and thoughts. To keep track of your questions and answers, write down the page and paragraph number that your question can be found on. Sometimes you may need to give that information to your group as a hint if you’ve stumped them.

For Section 1:

· 1 MCEOG (Multiple Choice End of Grade)
· 1 Cause and Effect
· 1 Foreshadowing
· 1 Problem/Solution
· 1 On Your Own/ Thinking Question
 

Word Wizard:

Your job today as the Word Wizard is to select four words that you think add meaning to the section your group just read. For this section, I will choose the words for you. The idea of the Word Wizard is to help the group understand what you’ve read through defining and explaining words that your partners may not understand. You get to be the word teacher!What you need to do is write down the word, the page and paragraph number that word is found on and copy the sentence down in which the word appears. Second, think about what that word means and write down what you think. Also, write down what part of speech you think it is. Third, look your word up in the dictionary. Using all your new knowledge, write down your own definition of the word, not what the dictionary says word for word. Fourth, you want to tell the group how you think this word adds extra meaning to the story. Write it down so you don’t forget! Last, you will make word wizard cards. On one side of the card, you will have the word and the page and paragraph number. On the other side of your card, draw any picture to represent your word ant then write your word’s definition.

For Section 1:

· Precipice p.4 par.4
· Tandem p.13 par.4
· Marred p.19 par. 1
· Miffed p.26 par. 4
 

Travel Tracer:

Okay Travel Tracer! Your job is to map the travels of the characters in the section you have just read. You can create your own way of showing this to your group. On way is to draw a map using landmarks and directions. Label your landmarks with page and paragraph numbers in the book.  You are at liberty to make a metaphorical map (a journey that doesn’t involve moving from place to place, but maybe a characters journey through a decision, or problem).  Be sure to label you map clearly and be able to mark the journey with page numbers in the book. Have Fun!!
 

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