Pioneers of the American West

Tracy Hutchens, Jennifer Lucas,
Cammie Mitchell, and Emily Pratt

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GRASSHOPPER SUMMER
 

LESSON THREE
Pages 57 - 90

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CHARACTER SKETCHER
Your job is to sketch Billy.

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DISCUSSION DIRECTOR
Your job is to ask 6 questions, 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:

2 MCEOG (Multiple Choice End of Grade question)
1 Compare/Contrast
1 Identify the Theme
1 Author’s Purpose
1 “Thinking” question on your own

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PASSAGE PICKER

Your job is to pick out 4 passages that exhibit the following and complete your role sheet:

1 Figurative Language (simile or metaphor)
1 Important
1 Surprising
1 Descriptive

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

johnycakes (page 61, paragraph 5)
Kingfisher (page 79, line 1)
cheroot (page 82, paragraph 4)
land claim (page 70, paragraph 4)

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ACTIVITY ACTIVATOR
Your job is to construct a Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting two characters.