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.  They can include Multiple Choice End of the Grade questions, Fact/Opinion, Problem/Solution, Cause/Effect, Setting, Compare/Contrast, Characterization, Main Idea, Sequence, Genre, Point of View, Mood, or Figurative Language.

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Passage Picker:
Your job is to choose four passages from the reading that you want to discuss with your group.  They can include passages that are: important, surprising, historical, funny, scary, informative, controversial, confusing, thematic, interesting, descriptive, persuasive or demonstrate: personification, fantasy, problem/solution, simile, idiom, fact/opinion, math, metaphor, alliteration, scientific, cause/effect, or foreshadowing.  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.

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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.

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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.

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Artful Artist:
Your job is to draw something that is related to the story.  It can be anything from a sketch or cartoon to a flow chart or diagram.  After finishing your picture, write about your drawing and include: who or what the picture is about, where the picture takes place, when it is happening, and why you drew it.

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