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 choose one MCEOG question, one fact/opinion
question, one cause and effect question, one characterization 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. Descriptive
2. Confusing
3. Problem/solution
4. One 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:
Mocked – page 117 paragraph 3
Scraggly – page 121 paragraph 9
Humid – page 127 paragraph 3
Holstered – page 136 paragraph 1
Haze – page 140 paragraph 1
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:
Zero
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.