Your job is to develop a list of questions that your group will discuss about the part of the book, pp. 85-105. You will decide important ideas and issues raised and present questions that talk about them. Today your job is to ask questions about the following that your group can talk about:
1. All of the following describe Spoon in this section except which one?
a. comfortable
A - a. p. 95
Figurative Language
2. Find two examples of a simile. Tell the two things that are being compared. Give page number and paragraphs.
a.
Cause and Effect
3. Name two events that happened in this section (effect), and discuss why each one happened (cause).
a. Effect:
b.
Effect:
Fact and Opinion
4. State two facts about Pa on pp. 85-105. State two opinions about Pa.
Facts: (give page numbers)
a.
Opinions:
a.
Main Idea
5. Tell what the most important idea is in this section of the book. Explain your thinking.
Your job is to pick passages from this section that you and your group can talk about. Today we will find passages on pp. 85-105 that are:
1. Informative
a. p. 85 par. 2
b. "Whenever Pa came...served the food."
c. Informative: I picked this passage because it was informative. It informs the reader of the family's respect for Pa as the oldest head of the family.
d. Q - What does this weekly event tell us about the family?
e. The author's purpose was to give information that gave insight to the family's relationship.
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Word Wizard
Your job is to pick 4 words from today's reading and teach them to your fellow students.
Choose from the following:
a. resemblance p. 86 par. 1
b. Spoon didn't see the resemblance at all.
c. Dictionary: Similarity in appearance; likeness My own: Looking similar to something or someone else.
d. noun
e. Q - Why didn't Spoon see a resemblance in himself, Charlie, and Joanie?
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Character Sketcher
Your job is to find an interesting character from pp. 85-105. You will find three words that describe the character. For each word or character trait, you will give proof or an example, including page number and paragraph.
The next thing you will do is to tell one of your character's goals or what the character wants to do in this section.
Next you will find one of the character's problems in the sections and the solution or possible solution to the problem.
Finally, you get to have fun and illustrate your character.
Character: Pa
Character Traits:
a. "Out-of-sorts" - Pa apologized that he was late and a bit tense.
b. Lonely - On the nights Pa couldn't sleep, he would get up and play solitaire with Gram's cards.
c. Forgetful - Pa was feeling scattered since Gram had died.
Character's Goal:
a. Pa's goal seems to be that he is trying to function the best he can under the circumstances
Character's Problem:
a. Pa misses Gram and has to adjust to her death.
Character's Solution:
Pa seems to be dealing with his grief by being around his family, talking about Gram, and giving some of her things to Joanie and Spoon.
Travel Tracer
Your job is to track where the action is taking place and how the setting may have changed on pages 85 to 105. Describe each in detail. Give the pages where the scene is described.
Describe the setting -
Where today's action begins:
Today's action begins at Kay and Scott's home on a Sunday morning where Pa has come to have brunch with them and Joanie and Spoon. Pa sits at the head of the table where the family eats a meal of waffles, sausage, syrup, blueberry muffins, yogurt, strawberries, grapes, and orange juice and coffee. pp. 85-86
Where key events happen:
The brunch took place at Spoon's house where Pa mentions that he was concerned about Gram's missing pack of sun cards. Spoon feels guilty about this as he took the cards without asking Pa's permission. A storm comes bringing much rain that keeps Pa spending most of the day. pp. 90-95
Where the events end:
The setting shifts to Pa's house where Scott and Spoon have walked him home after the storm. Before leaving his house Spoon retrieves Gram's cards. Upon arriving, they find Pa's house somewhat drenched inside from rain entering through open windows. After helping Scott and Pa with the clean-up, Spoon slips Gram's cards back into the breakfast drawer. pp. 101-104
MCEOG Question:
b. nervous
c. panicky
d. quiet
b.
Cause:
Cause:
b.
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Passage Picker
You will find three other passages on your own that are surprising, funny/amusing, frightening, intriguing, or descriptive.
A - This weekly event tells us that they were a close family.
1.
A - He didn't want to admit he looked like his siblings.
p. 85 par. 1
p. 90 par. 3
p. 91 par. 1