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


Our Only May Amelia
 

SECTION ONE
Pages 1 - 20


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 Setting
1 Problem/Solution
1 Cause/Effect
1 Characterization
1 Figuritive Language (simile or metaphor)
1 MCEOG (Multiple Choice End of Grade question)



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

2 Figurative Language (simile or metaphor)
2 Descriptive



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

sorcerer (page 3 paragraph 4)
potbelly (page 6 paragraph 1)
hinder (page 11 paragraph 3)
shanghaied (page 14 paragraph 1)
sisu (page 18 paragraph 6)



INVESTIGATOR
Your job is to complete your role sheet for the following. (Questions are on the example page.)

Nasel River
Shoalwater Bay
Columbia River
Oregon
Astoria
The Baby Island
Chinooks
Finnish


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