Character Sketcher:

Your job is to sketch Joe Magarac.

Discussion Director:

Your job is to ask 6 questions, the answers to your questions, and the p.__ and par. __ 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

2 On Your Own

1 Problem/Solution

1 Setting

Passage Picker:

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

1 Surprising

2 Figurative Language

1 On Your Own

Word Wizard:

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

ore (p. 101, par. 2)

snickering (p. 105, par. 1)

molten (p. 107, par. 5)

girders (p. 112, par. 3)

limestone (p. 111, par. 1)

Investigator:

Your job is to dig up some background information on any topic related to your book.  This might include:

--The geography, weather, culture, or history of the book's setting.  

--Information about the author her/his life, and other works.

--Information about the time period portrayed in the book.

--Pictures, objects, or materials that illustrate elements of the book.

--The history and derivation of words or names used in the book.

--Music that reflects the book or the time.

The idea is to find one bit of information or material that helps your group understand the book better.  Investigate something that really interests you--something that struck you as puzzling or curious while you were reading.

Ways to gather information:

--The introduction, preface, or "about the author section of the book.

--Library books and magazines

--On-line computer search or encyclopedia

--Interviews with people who know the topic

--Other novels, nonfiction, or textbooks that you have read 

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