Discussion Director
mood
point-of-view
italics
compare/contrast
main idea
 

1. What mood does the author want to create in this section? fear, confusion, suspense

2. From whose point of view is the story told?  the third person pov, someone looking from the outside in at everything  that was happening

3. Why are the words "There what?", written in italics?  to show emphasis on how confused Tillie was

Passage Picker

Your job is to pick passages from your section that your group can talk about. Choose passages that satisfy
these requirements:
descriptive
informative

Passage 1
p.24 line 6
"But the...he said."
Why was the colonel not smiling? He was afraid his men were not going to win
The author uses this passage to describe how important each side felt it was to win the battle and the war.

Passage 2
p.27 line 6
"A lieutenant...own soldier."
Why was the lieutenant calling the man a coward? Because the man would not get up and fight.
The author uses this passage to describe how fighting in a war makes people do things that you wouldn't expect them to do.
I chose this passage because it shows informs the reader about how badly each side wanted to win the war.
Word Wizard
Look up these words:
coward p.27 line 7
reared p.28 line 9
fortress p.44 line 5
lieutenant p.27 line 5
Rebs p.36 line 11
    -coward p.27 line 7
    adjective
    coward- scared, fearful, not brave or courageous
    "Get up, coward!"
    What made the man in the story a coward? He would not stand up and fight.

    -reared p.28 line 9
    verb
    reared- to lift up so as to be noticed
    "It reared and twisted."
    I was afraid of the horse because it reared back and almost stomped on my foot.

    -fortress p.44 line 5
    noun
    fortress- large fort, area strengthened for defense
    "But did you see those Yanks lining up behind that stone wall on Cemetery Ridge like it was a fortress.
    When we had 3 feet of snow we built a fortress for the neighborhood snowball fight.

Summarizer
Your job is to prepare a short summary of today's reading. Your group will be counting on you to give a one to two minute statement that tells the key points and/or main events.

Character Sketcher

Your job is to find an interesting character from the section you read today. You will find three words that describe the character. For each word you, or character trait, you will give the proof, or example (including page and paragraph).

The next thing you will do is tell one of your characters goals, or what the character wants to do in this section.

Then you will find one of the characters problems in the section and the solution or possible solution to the problem.

Finally, you get to have fun and do an  illustration of your character!

Character Traits

Tillie

1. p.21 line 10
busy- because she is trying to do lots of things at once to help Henny help the wounded

2. p.24 line 9
worried- because she isn't sure if the Union is going to win or lose the battle

3. p.48
thoughtful- because she was reflecting back on everything that she had seen and done and what devastation the battle had caused

Compare and contrast Tillie's attitude toward the war in the first section to the second section.
    -in section one Tillie is excited about the war and enjoys watching battles, in the second section she sees the bad  parts of the war and becomes exhausted trying to help the wounded