Red-Dirt Jessie (pages 48-78)
3rd-4th grade reading level
Discussion Director:
*Your job is to come up with questions that your group can talk about.  Include:
- 1 EOG
- 1 Fact/Opinion
- 1 Prediction
- 1 Cause/Effect
- 1 Author's Purpose

Passage Picker:
*Your job is to pick passages from the reading that you think are important or interesting.  You will be discussing these passages with your group.  Choose four passages that satisfy these categories:
-Dialect
-Intriguing
-Figurative Language
-Historical

Word Wizard:
*Your job is to choose words from this section that are unfamiliar or special.  Choose four from this list:
    - baptizing (page 50, par. 4)
    - occupied (page 52, par. 1)
    - surveyed (page 53, par. 6)
    - scowl (page 54, par. 3)
    - protest (page 65, par. 2)
    - terrapins (page 55, par. 5)
    - pulpit (page 58, par. 1)

Character Sketcher:
*Your job is to select a character from the story and describe that character in detail.  You will:
-find 3 words/traits that describe the character
-name 1 goal that the character has
-find 1 problem that the character has
-determine a solution or possible solution to the problem
-be creative and illustrate the character!

Artful Artist:
*Your job is to draw a picture that illustrates what you liked best about this section.  After you have finished drawing, write a paragraph about your drawing.  Include:
-who or what the picture is about
-where the picture takes place
-when the picture is happening
-why you drew the picture
**When presenting your picture to the group, do not tell the group what your drawing is.  Let them guess how is relates to the story.  Discuss the picture as a group and then read the paragraph about the picture.