Patricia Polacco
Jackie Thomas and Tonya Hamby

Some Birthday

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 MCEOG Question
2 Thinking Question
1 Problem/Solution Question
1 Characterization Question

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

gasped p. 12, par. 2
squawk p. 15, par. 6
rustling p. 18, par. 7
seperate p. 23, par. 1

Passage Picker
Your job is to pick out 4 passages that exhibit the following and complete the role sheet:

2 Descriptive
1 Cause/Effect
1 Funny

Character Sketcher
Your job is to sketch Father 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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