Discussion Director

Your job is to ask six questions, the answers to your questions, and the page and paragraph where the answers are found (if possible).  Be sure to ask questions that really make your group members think!  You need to ask the following types of questions:

1 Problem/Solution Question
1 Characterization Question
1 Setting Question
1 MCEOG
2 "Thinking" Questions on your own

Character Sketcher

Your job is to sketch a picture of Max.

Passage Picker

Your job is to pick out 4 passages that exhibit the following:

2 Figurative Language Passage (simile and metaphor)
1 Descriptive Passage
1 On Your Own

Word Wizard

Your job is to complete your role sheet for five of the following words:

guru p. 33 par. 2
reverie p. 36 par. 1
enlightenment p. 44 par. 7
molten p. 45 par. 3
lava p. 45 par. 3
chic p. 51 par. 6
modify p. 60 par. 4
symbolism p. 60 par. 6

Connector

Your job is to connect this section of the story to your life.

1.  What did you notice in this section?
2.  How did the story make you feel?
3.  What does the story remind you of in your own life?
4.  Would you like your friend to read this book?  Why or why not?
5.  What character in the story are you most like or unlike?  Explain.
6.  Does this part of the story remind you of any other story you have read or heard?  Explain.

Connector Example