TALL TALES

Laura Seagle, Louise Urban,
Jessica Coulter, Kristy Familar


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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 compare/contrast question, one multiple choice end of grade test question, one setting question, one character question, and one question 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. Foreshadowing
  2. Descriptive
  3. Sad or upsetting
  4. On your own

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:

Metallic page - 60 paragraph 7
Paranoid page - 71 paragraph 6
Intently page - 73 last paragraph
Callused page - 80 paragraph 2
Penetrating - page 82 paragraph 3

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:

The Warden

Connector:

Your job is to find ways to connect your personal experiences with events and themes presented in the story.  Then you are to lead a discussion of these issues.

Here is an example
 

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