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 ask two critical thinking questions, one multiple choice end of grade test question, one true/false 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. Simile
  2. Thematic
  3. Important
  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:

Toxic – page 90 paragraph 8
Recede – Page 91 paragraph 7
Writhing – page 99 paragraph 7
Concoctions – page 108 last paragraph
One on your own

 
 

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:

Mr. Sir


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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