Click on purple underlined tasks to see an example of the task

Discussion Director:
What fun! Your task as Discussion Director is to construct at least 5 thinking questions. The importance of this role is to dig deep and make the members of your group reflect about what you have just read. You want to make sure that everyone in your group grasps what had happened during while reading the various sections of There's A Boy In The Girl's Bathroom.
If there is a struggle with coming up with questions and answers, confide in your fellow classmates, don't get discouraged now! This is a fun and exciting way to become involved with what you are reading. Put your thinking caps on I say!
As you will see in the example page, there are expected tasks that are to be done. You must write down the 5 types of questions, the questions, the answers to your questions, and the page numbers where the answers to your questions are found.  You need to ask types of questions like the following : MCEOG (Multiple Choice End of Grade), Cause and Effect,  Characterization, Compare and Contrast, Problem/Solution, etc .
 
 

Passage Picker:

Here is a task that will stimulate your left and right brain!

When you are the Passage Picker you have the job of being aware of the passages that capture
your attention. The passages can focus on figurative language(simile, metaphor. alliteration, idiom), descriptive, cause and effect, humor, surprising, etc.

Click on the types below to see the example of the passages.
 
 

1 Descriptive 1 Surprising 1 Humorous 1 Fantasy

 

Once you have found passages that exhibit these four types listed
above, you are to follow these tactics:

• Write down the page number and paragraph number.
• Second, write down the first two words and

            the last two words of your passage.

• Third, write down what type of passage you chose

        (this passage is a great example of ____ type of passage).
         Look at the Passage Picker list below for different possible "types" of passages.

• Fourth, explain the reason why you believe that the passage you chose is an example of a ___

type of passage.

• Third, think of a good thinking question about the passage.  Write it down along with the answer to this question.

• Finally, answer one of these questions using a complete sentence(s):

               Why did the author include this passage in the story?
                              or
                 What does this passage add to the story?

 
 
 
 
 

Passage Types

 

Important Surprising Historical Dialect Personification Fantasy Problem/Solution Step by step Funny/humorous/intertaining Scary/Frightening/mysterious/intriguing

Informative Controversial Confusing Simile Idiom Thematic Fact/Opinion Math Interesting

Descriptive Persuasive Metaphor Alliteration Scientific Cause/Effect

Word Wizard
 

Click on the words down below to see a Word Wizard sample

Brussels sprout
Flabbergasted
Distorted
Tolerate
Drizzling

Directions for Word Wizard.

• First write down the word, the page number and the paragraph number.
• Second copy the sentence from the book in which the word appears.
• Third, re-read the sentence in which the word appears.  Think about the word, the sentence, and the story.  Write down what part of speech you think the word is and what you think the word means.
• Fourth, look up the word in the dictionary.  Using the dictionary definition and everything you know about the word, write your definition of the word.
• Fifth, write down an explanation telling how this word adds meaning to the story.  Think about the characters, plot, setting, theme, etc.
• Finally, make your word wizard card. Be sure to include in large print your word and the page and paragraph number.  On the other side of the card you should draw a picture to represent your word, the word, and the definition of the word.

Character Sketcher

Your task is to sketch Carla Davis, the new Counselor
 

CARLA DAVIS

Your job as Character Sketcher is to

• identify a character's actions (traits)
• explain or verify these traits,
• identify the character's goal (which is what the character wants to do or accomplish),
• identify the problem and solution in the reading
• complete a sketch or illustration of the character.

You need to be aware that the character traits you will chose will be implied character traits.

 In other words, they are not directly stated in the reading.  You really want to use descriptive words for you character traits. Sometimes the solution to your character's problem will not be in the section of the book that you are reading.  In this case, you will need to come up with a possible solution for your character's problem. When you begin to sketching or illustrating your character, try to use any physical descriptions from the text to help you.  Use the following guide to help you complete the role for Character Sketcher:

Character Traits (3 of them. Preferably 2 act and 1 look)

• First, write down the character's trait.
• Second, write the page number and paragraph on which the trait is described.
• Third, explain the trait and give proof of the trait.
• Fourth, write the character's goal.
• Fifth, write the character's problem.
• Sixth, Write the solution or possible solution to the problem.
• Finally, sketch the character.

Artful Artist

 The purpose of the Artful Artist is to capture a scene that was in the section of the

book you are reading and draw the scene as best you can. Be sure to write...

• who or what your picture is about,
• where the picture takes place,
• when it is happening, and
• why you drew it.
• write the page number down and the text from where

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