Patricia Polacco
Jackie Thomas and Tonya Hamby

Just Plain Fancy

Discussion Director
Your job is to ask 5 questions, the answers to your questions, and the page and paragraph where the answers are found (if possible). Be sure you ask the questions that really make your group think! You need to ask the following types of questions:

1 Setting Question
1 Problem/Solution Question
1 Main Idea Question
1 MCEOG Question
1 Genre Question

Word Wizard
Your job is to complete the role sheet for the following 4 words:

nestled p. 5, par.1
shunned p. 11, par. 2
haltingly p. 11, par. 5
botherment p. 11, par. 6

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

1 Figurative Language

1 Descriptive
1 Thematic
1 Controversial

Character Sketcher
Your job is to sketch Naomi and follow the role sheet.

Artful Artist
Your job is to develop a creative way to respond to the events and themes in the story.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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