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

Marvin Redpost:  Why Pick on Me? by Louis Sachar
Literature Circle Section Eight
Pages 1-24

Character Sketcher
Your job is to sketch Marvin

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

Two Characterization Questions
Two Cause/Effect Questions
One MCEOG Question

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

One Step by Step Passage
One Humorous Passage
One Foreshadowing Passage
One Idiom

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

Jabbering (Page 2, Paragraph 6)
Declared (Page 8, Paragraph 1)
Suggested (Page 18, Paragraph 18)
Insisted (Page 22, Paragraph 22)

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 bullies and/or rumors in school.

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