Summer of the Monkeys

Katie Hyatt


 
 
 
 

Character Sketcher
Your job is to sketch Grandpa


Discussion Director
Your job is to ask 7 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 Daisy
1 Sequencing Question
1 Thinking Question about the Main Idea
1 Thematic Question
1 Comparison/Contrast Question about the horses
1 Historical Question about Cherokee Indians
1 Question about a disasterous or funny event in the book


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

1 Sad Passage
1 Sequence Passage
1 Problem/ Solution Passage
1 Characterization Passage about Rowdy
1 Very Important Passage to have in the book
1 Daisy Characterization Passage


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

chunky  p. 210 par 7
streamlined  p. 210 par 9
quivered  p. 211 par 3

then create a thesaurus entry for each of the three vocabulary words of at least 5 other words.


Artful Artist
Your job is to create a journal for Daisy (including pictures and journal entries). Include her trip to the city to be operated on, her feelings, her thoughts about her family, and her observations about the people she meets in the city;  At least 5 entries.



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