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

Marvin Redpost:  Why Pick on Me? by Louis Sachar
Literature Circle Section Nine
Pages 25-44

Character Sketcher
Your job is to sketch Clarence

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:

One Characterization Question
One Cause/Effect Question
One Opinion Question
One Fact Question
One MCEOG

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

One Sad Passage
One Step by Step Passage
Two Idioms

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

Furious (Page 27, Paragraph 4)
Unsatisfactory (Page 30, Paragraph 4)
Unsanitary (Page 32, Paragraph 1)
Bawled (Page 33, Paragraph 5)
Sniffled (Page 34, Paragraph 3)

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 how to be good friends and/or how to help others feel included in school.

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