Louis Sachar Unit
by
Molly Carlberg, Liz Link, and Emily Morgan

Marvin Redpost:  Alone is His Teacher's House by Louis Sachar
Literature Circle Section Two
Pages 22-43

Character Sketcher
Your job is to sketch Casey Happleton

Discussion Director
Your job is to ask four questions, provide the answers to your questions, and note the page and paragraph were the answers are found (if possible).  Be sure you ask questions that really make your group think!  You need to ask the following types of questions:

One Thinking Question
One Cause and Effect Question
One Opinion Question
One Prediction Question

Passage Picker
Your job is to pick out four passages that exhibit the following:

One Idiom
One Humorous Passage
One Step by Step Passage
One Compare/Contrast Passage

Word Wizard
Your job is to complete your role sheet for the following five words:

Hooligan (Page 30, Paragraph 1)
Coincidence (Page 33, Paragraph 6)
Immature (Page 34, Paragraph 5)
Stroked (Page 40, Paragraph 7)
Forefinger (Page 40, Paragraph 8)

Connector
The job of the connector is to think of ways that personal experiences connect to events and themes appearing in the book.  You may consider asking your group questions about substitute teachers and/or duties of veterinarians.

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