Section 3
Pages 57-79

Character Sketcher

Your job is to sketch Marvin Redpost.

Discussion Director

Your job as the discussion director is to ask 5 questions, and the p.____ and par.____ where 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:

1 Problem/Solution
1 Effect/Cause
2 Fact/Opinion
1 MCEOG

Passage Picker
Your job is to to pick out 4 passages that exhibit the following:

1 Scary/frightening
1 Sequencing
1 Descriptive
1 Informative or step by step

Word Wizard
Your job is to complete your role sheet for the following 5 words:

dangled p. 58 par. 5
impatient p. 68 par. 1
prevented p. 69 par. 1
boulder p. 75 par. 2
streaked p. 77 par. 2

Activity Activator

Your job is to create an activity that represents information learned and ideas experienced from reading the book.  Every member of the group must be involved in this activity.

An Example Activity:
Every member in the group should write a personal narrative about a time that you have felt success.  You can write about a time that you have overcome a fear or a time where you have had a successful experience.  Then you will share your stories by reading them aloud to your group.

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