Summer of the Monkeys

Katie Hyatt


 
 
 
 

Character Sketcher
Your job is to sketch Daisy


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 a mythical creature (Thor or the Man of the Mountains)
1 Fact or Opinion Question about Papa's speech
1 E.O.G. Test Question about Papa's speech on pages 182-183
1 Main Idea/Thematic Question
1 Problem/Solution Question about Daisy
1 Point-of-View Question about pages 168-169


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

1 Lyrical Passage
2 Figurative Language Passage (one metaphor and one hyperbole)
1 Author's Craft Passage (setting is done particularly well)
1 Informative Passage


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

whippoorwill  p. 176 par 6
reared  p. 180 par 14
dandies  p. 182 par 2
anvil  p. 182 last par
forge  p. 183 last par


Artful Artist
Your job is to create a mural with atleast 4 different artistic mediums that describes your favorite scene in this section.  Let the other people in your group guess how the mural fits into the main idea of the chapter and guess which scene it represents.  Have a two or three sentence summary of what your mural is about to go along with your mural.


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