Summer of the Monkeys

Katie Hyatt

Character Sketcher
Your job is to sketch Jay Berry
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Discussion Director
Your job is to ask 6 questions and write out the answer to your questions. Include the page____ and paragraph____ where
your answers are found.  Be sure you ask questions that really make your group think!!!
You need to ask the following types of questions:

1 Characterization Question about Mama or Daisy
1 E.O.G. Test Question about the monkeys' past lives and problems
1 Thinking Question about Chapter 1
1 Prediction Question
1 Fact/Opinion Question about Grandpa
1 Sequencing Question
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Passage Picker
Your job is to pick out five passages that exhibit the following:

1 Foreshadowing Passage
3 Figurative Language Passages
1 Surprising Passage
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Word Wizard
Your job is to complete your role sheet for the following words:

sharecropping  p. 9 par 5
hypnotized  p. 12 par 4
bottoms  p. 15 par 1
aching  p. 19 par 1
valuable  p. 24 par 4

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Connector
Your job is to find three ways that this section connects with life in your community.  Write a short paragraph about each connection.  Draw a visual representation of one of the connections and color it.
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