CHARACTER SKETCHER (see example)
Your job is to be character sketcher for the day.  You are to find traits about your character and use these traits to introduce
your character to other students in your group.  You will find three words, or traits, about your character.  For each trait, or
word, you will give proof that this trait fits your character by citing the page number and paragraph that you found this
trait.  You will then identify the characters goals, or what the character is planning to do in this book.  You will also identify
one of the characters problems in the book and tell the solution or possible solutions to the problem.  Finally, you will
illustrate the character, or characters to others in your group through a drawing.  Remember that these traits may not be
directly stated, but are often implied so look deep.
Your job is to sketch Mrs. Kimmelfarber.

DISCUSSION DIRECTOR (see example)
As discussion director, your job is to form questions about what you read in this book.  You should evaluate the topics, or
ideas, that you feel are important and create questions that stress this importance to the rest of the group.  Be able to support
your idea of why you feel it is important and encourage your group to think openly as to why this topic may be important to
them as well.  Remember to be creative and get students actively involved in discussing what they read in the book.  In
order to get your group involved, you should create 5 questions to include the following:
 1 Effect/Cause
 1 Fact/Opinion
 1 Compare and Contrast
 1 Characterization
 1 Prediction

PASSAGE PICKER  (see example)
Your job is to be passage picker for the day.  You are to choose passages that you feel are important to what you have read
in this book.  You should be able to support why you chose these passages and why they are important to what you read.
You will introduce each passage to the group by explaining its importance and meaning to the reader.  Please remember to
write down your passages as well as their page number and paragraph so you can easily come back to them.  It will also help
to record the first two words and last two words found in the passage and write what type of passage it is so that other
students will find it easier to locate.  Form questions about you passages that encourages others to look deeper into their
meanings.  For this book, you should choose four passages that include at least four of the following descriptions:
 2 Descriptive
 1 Foreshadowing
 1 Funny or Interesting

WORD WIZARD (see example)
Your job is to be word wizard for the day.  You will be given a list of words that are found in the text and may be unfamiliar
to other students in your group.  You may use all four of these words or use some of the words given to you and choose
other words in the text that you do not know.  However, you must have a total of four words.  You will read the word in the
context it is written.  You should write down the page number and paragraph that the word is written for future reference.
Write the sentence that the word appears in and think about the word as it appears in the text.  Write down what you think
the word means and the part of speech that it serves in the story.  Look up the word in the dictionary and write how it adds
meaning to the story.  Finally, make the word wizard card that contains all you have done.  Your job is to complete your
role sheet for the following 4 words:
Hijacking p. 11 par. 2
Conceivable p. 11 par. 1
Verge p. 15 top of page
Phenomenon p.25 par. 8
Prodded p.26 par. 10

INVESTIGATOR (see example)
Henry loves chocolate but he learns that too much of a good thing is bad for you.  Henry needs to learn how to eat healthily.  Go to the Nutrition.Gov web site and click on the folder labeled Back to School Nutrition and Healthy Eating. Read the page and answer the following questions.
    What is one of the most important meals of the day? Why?
    What is an important key to a healthy diet?  What does it do and in what foods can you find it?
    What are some good snack foods?
Then click the link Promoting Lifelong Healthy Eating Among Young People read the section under Students Can.  Create a list of what Henry can do to create a life of healthy eating.

Access the following page http://www.nal.usda.gov:8001/py/pmap.htm, this page is a link from the Nutrition.Gov page.  Using the information there create a healthy meal for Henry to eat including all the food groups.