Tall Tales
Jessica Coulter, Kristy Familar
Lara Seagle, Louise Urban
Discussion Director:
Your job is to come up with five thinking questions. You
want to make your group to think about what they have just read. It is
important to ask thinking questions and not just questions that are right
in the book. You
are to find one MCEOG question, one main idea question, one genre question,
and two on your own.
Passage Picker:
Your job is to choose four passages from the reading that
you want to discuss with your group. Once the passage has been chosen,
write down the page number and paragraph number, the first two and last
two
words in the passage, what type of passage it is and
why it demonstrates that, a thinking question about
the passage, and why the author included this passage.
Find passages that demonstrate:
1. Scary or frightening
2. Icky
3. Two descriptive passages
Word Wizard:
Your job is to pick out five words that you find interesting
or are unfamiliar with. For each word you will
need to write the page and paragraph number where the
word is found, the definition of the word, the
part of speech, the sentence from the reading containing
that word, and an explanation telling how this
word adds meaning to the story. Finally, you must make
a wizard card. Be sure to include the word, page and paragraph number on
one side and on the other include a picture, the word and the definition
of the
word.
Find and make cards for the following words:
Illuminated – page 205 paragraph 8
Suppress – page 210 paragraph 8
Strenuous – page 210 second paragraph from the end
Trilling – page 213 paragraph 10
Authenticated – page 215 paragraph 2
Character Sketcher:
Your job is to choose an interesting character from the section
you read. You will find three character
traits and proof of that trait, the character’s goals,
and the problem and solution of the character. Finally
you must illustrate your character.
Character Sketch:
A character that you choose.
Summarizer:
Your job is to give a brief summary of the section.
You are to include the beginning middle and the end
of the section as well as the major points. Remember
in the summary to include who, what, when,
where, and why.
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