Addy Saves the Day
This book from the American Girl Collection is the tale of a family of slaves who have just been freed. They are celebrating their freedom but at the same time trying hard to find two of their children who were lost in the commotion. The older brother went to fight for the Union Army and the baby sister had to be left at the plantation where they lived. The reader gets to see the main character, Addy get used to her new life and make new friends that she thought would be enemies. You also see the family gain hope that they will find the two missing children.

Discussion Director
Fact/Opinion
Prediction
Author's Purpose
Problem/Solution
Cause/Effect

1. Who is your least favorite character, why?
-Harriet because she is mean and snotty towards the girls in her class

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

Passage 1
p. 9  par. 2
"Momma and...Being brave."
Why did Mom and Dad have the day off? To watch the parade and celebrate that the Union Army won.
I chose this passage because in in the author is trying to inform the reader about what happened in Northern towns after the Civil War was over.

Word Wizard
Look up these words:

overseer p. 5 par. 2
Freedman's Bureau p. 4 par. 1
bitterness p.7 par. 1
furrow p.8 par. 2

overseer p. 5 par. 2
noun
overseer
"When she worked in the tobacco fields then, the overseer watched the slaves with a whip in his hand.

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).

Character traits for
Addy