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


Our Only May Amelia
By: Jennifer L. Holm
 

SECTION THREE
Pages 43 - 62


CHARACTER SKETCHER
Your job is to sketch Isaiah.


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 Point of view
1 MCEOG
1 Fact /Opinion
1 Figurative language
1 Italics
1 Compare/Contrast



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 Problem/Solution
1 Funny/Humorous
1 Historical/Interesting



WORD WIZARD
Your job is to complete your role sheet for the following 5 words:

mutton (page 46 paragraph 6)
brambles (page 46 paragraph 9)
ornery (page 46 paragraph 9)
poultice (page 47 paragraph 1)
grimace (page 47 paragraph 2)



INVESTIGATOR
Your job is to complete your role sheet for this section on the following.

carpentery - What kind of work is involved in carpentery and who does this in the story?
NewYork - Where is this located and how does it play a role in the story?
Indians - What Indians are like and how they lived?
Chinooks - Who are these people?
Oyster-shell necklaces - Why do people make and wear these?
calico markings - What are these markings like and how can you tell?


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