5th grade (6th
grade level)
section five: (pgs.
86-101)
discussion director
The job of
discussion director is to develop a list of questions that your group will
discuss about this part of the book. These
questions
should vary in difficulty and type. You must include 1 Setting, 1
Cause-effect, 1 Character relationship, 1
Problem-solution,
and 1 of your choice. Use the list of words below to help you begin
your questions.
Begin questions
with words like:
Who What When
Where
Why
How Tell Describe
Questions can be about:
Setting
Problem/Solution
Narrator
Topic
Main
idea
Cause/Effect
Mood
Character Relationships
Compare/Contrast
MCEOG Question
1. In
the first paragraph on page 88, Annie talks about the kind of smarts needed
to make it in the Pan Handle. Which of the following is a description
of the smarts she is talking about?
a. farming, hiding from the dust, milking cows, churning butter,
b. people/social smarts
c. street smarts
d. common sense
Passage Picker
Passage Picker
selects significant passages from the sections being read. Determine
why it is important and call readers’
attention
to the passage. Then lead a discussion about the passage you chose.
Steps of Passage
Picker
1. Pick out
the passage you would like to share.
2. Write down
the page and paragraph number.
3. Write down
the first two words and the last two words of your passage.
4. Write down
the reason you chose the passage, and explain why!
5. Ask a question
about your passage, and give an answer.
6. Write down
the Author’s Purpose: To describe
To Entertain
To Inform
To Persuade
Possible Reasons for Picking a Passage
Important
Informative
Interesting
Surprising
Controversial
Descriptive
Funny/Amusing
Scary/Frightening
Historical
Confusing
Entertaining
Persuasive
Intriguing
Dialect
Figurative Language
Mysterious
Fantasy
Alliteration
Element of Folktales
Moral
Theme
Scientific
Fact/Opinion
Cause/Effect
Problem/Solution
5 Themes of Geography
Math
Step by Step
EX: Pages
98-101
REASON:
I chose this passage because we read Violet's words about what is happening
to her family.
QUESTION:
How does Violet feel about California now?
ANSWER:
Violet is finding out how California really is. The promises that
were made were not fulfilled and there were too many people trying to move
there so that there were no more jobs.
AUTHOR'S PURPOSE:
To describe
Word wizard
The Word Wizard
searches the section of text for words that are key to understanding what
is happening in the story. He/she
notes the
page and sentence where the word is found. Then checks the dictionary
meaning of the word. They lead a discussion
about the
meaning and intent of the word from context and what the word contributes
to the import of the passage.
Steps for
Word Wizard
1. Write down the word.
2. Copy the sentence form the book in which the word appears.
3. Look up the word in the dictionary.
4. Using your context clues from the sentence and the dictionary definition,
write down in your own words the definition of
the word.
5. Write down the correct part of speech (noun, verb, adjective, adverb).
6. Write down a question and the answer about the word that would help
you to teach the word that makes your group refer
back to the text, OR write a sentence using the word wizard word.
7. Make your word wizard card. Be sure to include in big print your
word and the page and paragraph number. On the
other side of your card should be a picture, the word, and the definition
of the word.
Examples of words you may look for:
Compound
Word Families
Contractions
Capital Letters
Punctuation
Letter hunt: lower case
New
Strange
upper case
Hard
Describing
Short
Vowels/Long Vowels
Funny
Important
Bold
Synonyms/Antonyms
Quotes
Possessives
Italics
Words to
choose from for this section:
vestal
virgins pg 86 paragraph 1
gesticulate
pg 87 paragraph 3
decipher
pg 89 paragraph 1
linger
pg 96 paragraph 3
character sketcher
The job of
the character sketcher is to find an interesting character from the section.
You will then find three words that
describe the
character. For each word, or character trait, you will give the proof,
or example. Tell why you know this
character
has this trait.
The next thing you will do is to tell one of your character’s goals, or what the character wants to do in that chapter(s).
Then you will find one of the character’s problems in that chapter(s) and the solution or possible solution to the problem.
Finally, you get to have fun and illustrate your character. Have fun!
It is
your job
to choose a character you would like to tell the group about. Remember
to follow directions and include all steps. The character you choose
can come from any section of the book.
travel tracer
When you are
reading a book where characters move around a lot and the scene changes,
it is important for everyone in your
group to know
where things are happening and how the setting may have changed.
So that's your job: to track carefully where
the action
takes place during today's reading. Describe each setting in detail.
Be sure to give the page locations where the
scene is described.
It is your
job to trace or draw Violet's family's journey thus far be sure to include
all places.