grade Five (above grade level)
Section four (pg72-85)

Discussion director
Your job is to create five questions that the group can discuss.

Sequence
1.  Tell three things that happened in the order that they happened.

MCEOG Question
2.  Who are the main characters?
    a.  Mrs. Cobble and Aunt Miracle
    b.  Mr. Coates and Mr. Weightman
    c.  Violet and Annie
    d.  Nevvie and Ida

Italics and Bold Print
3.  Why is the writing in Chpt 14 in italics?
(Answer:  This is to show that it is a letter "written by" Violet to Annie.  It's not written by the author of the book.)

Passage Picker
Your job is to pick four passages that your group can discuss.

Passage One
1.--
2.  pg 75 paragraph 2
3.  "Because folks. . . Black Mesa."
4.  I chose this passage because it gives me a description of the land.  It describes how tough things were during the time of the dust storm and how people tried to cope with and live with it.
5.  Why are times so hard for Annie's family?
6.  Author's Purpose:  To describe

Some examples of passages:
pg 79 last paragraph:  "As my. . .right again."  Discuss the dust storms and how unpredictable they are.
pg 83 paragraph 1:  "Sometimes when. . . back home."  Give support to the fact that Violet is a daydreamer.

word Wizard
Your job is to make word cards for the following four words.
negotiated pg 72 paragraph 1
handbill pg 73 paragraph 1
tarpaulin pg 76 paragraph 1
train depot pg 81 paragraph 2

Character Sketcher
Your job is to tell the group all about the "land" in the Panhandle.

Travel Tracer
When you are reading a book where characters move around a lot and the scene changes, it is important for everyone in your group to know where things are happening and how the setting may have changed.  So that's your job:  to track carefully where the action takes place during today's reading.  Describe each setting in detail.  Be sure to give the page locations where the scene is described.
 

Your job is to draw the path that Violet and her family took using a recent map as a guide.  Describe the setting of the event Violet tells about.