Pioneers of the American West
Tracy Hutchens, Jennifer Lucas,
Cammie Mitchell, and Emily Pratt


THE BALLAD
OF LUCY WHIPPLE

LESSON TEN
Pages 153 - 187


CHARACTER SKETCHER
Your job is to sketch Lucy Whipple.


DISCUSSION DIRECTOR
Your job is to ask 5 questions, write the answers to your questions, and the page 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 (Multiple Choice End of Grade question)
1 Main Ideas
1 Problem/Solution
1 Cause/Effect
1 Author’s Attitude



PASSAGE PICKER
Your job is to pick out 5 passages that exhibit the following and complete your role sheet:

1 Intriguing
1 Informative
1 Surprising
1 Figurative Language (Simile or Metaphor)
1 On Your Own



WORD WIZARD
Your job is to complete your role sheet for the following 4 words:

ravine (page 155 paragraph 1)
Sandwich Islands (page 159, paragraph 7)
procession (page 180, paragraph 3)
stagecoach (page 181, paragraph 2)



SUMMARIZER
Your job is to complete your role sheet.



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