Pioneers of the American West

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

Our Only May Amelia
By: Jennifer L. Holm
 

SECTION TEN
Pages 225 - 247


CHARACTER SKETCHER
Your job is to sketch May Amelia.


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:

1 MCEOG
1 Problem/Solution
1 Cause/Effect
1 Main Idea
1 Mood
1 “Thinking” On Your Own



PASSAGE PICKER

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

1 Figurative Language
1 “Thinking” On Your Own
1 Descriptive
1 Informative



WORD WIZARD
Your job is to complete your role sheet for the following 6 words:

plumb (page 225, paragraph 6)
gunnysack (page 227, paragraph 7)
banished (page 229, paragraph 1)
mince (page 229, paragraph 4)
simmering (page 231, paragraph 1)
tideland (page 238, paragraph 5)



Investigator
Your job is to complete your role sheet for this section.

scarlet fever – What type of illness is this and how does effect a human?
gunnysack dress – What were these dresses made of and what did they look like?
mince pie – What is a mince pie and what is it made of?
willowbark tea – Is willowbark tea good for you and what is it made of?
lime quarry – Is a lime quarry filled with many rocks?
goosetown greens – What are these?


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