A NOVEL OF REBELLION
By: Paul Samuel Jacobs
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Fifth Grade (above grade level)
Section 5 (pages 121-147)
Discussion Director
Your job is to develop a list of questions that your group will discuss
about this part of the book. You may come up with your own qestions,
or you may chose from the sample questions.
1 MCEOG
2 Cause/Effect
1 Character
1 Figurative language
Passage Picker
Section 5 (pages 121-147)
Your job is to pick passages from this section that you and your group
can talk about.
1) Pick out passage you would like to share
2) Write down the page and paragraph number
3) Write down the entire passage being used
4) Write down the first two words and the last two words of your passage
5) Write down the reason you chose the passage and explain why
6) Ask a question about your passage and give an answer
7) Write down the Author's purpose
Choose passages that satisfy these four reasons:
Figurative Language
Descriptive
Cause and Effect
Historical
Here is an example of one:
1. Figurative Language
2. Page 127, Paragraph 4
3. "Master Gookin and I will work for his release. He is
innocent of wrong, of that I am sure. But from what I see today,
this mob is hungry and must be fed. How large an appetite it has,
I know not."
4. Master Gookin...know not.
5. I chose this passage because it tells about the many nuances
of mob justice.
6. (Q) What can you say about a innocent man when it comes to
mob justice?
(A) Sometimes, even when a person is innocent, it may not matter due
to the fact that the someone has to pay for the crimes.
7. Author's Purpose: Figurative language to describe
mob justice
Character Sketcher
Section 5 (pages 121-147)
Your job is to find an interesting character from this section you
read today. You will find three words that describe the character.
For each word, or character trait, you will give the proof or example (including
page and paragraph). The next thing you will do is tell one of character’s
goals, or what the character wants to do in this section. Then you
will find one of the character’s problems in the section and the solution
or possible solution to the problem. Finally, you get to have fun
and illustrate your character!
Judge Tyng (Page 125)
Word Wizard
Section 5 (pages 121-147)
Your job is to look for special words in the story. On your recording
sheet, write down the following:
1. Write down the word
2. Copy the sentence from the book in which the word appears
3. Look up the word in the dictionary
4. Using context clues from the sentence and the dictionary definition,
write down in your own words the definition of the word
5. Write down the correct part of speech (noun, verb, adjective,
adverb)
6. Write a sentence of your own with word in it.
7. Make your word wizard card. Be sure to include in big
print your word and the page and paragraph number. On the other side
of the card should be a picture, the word, and the definition of the word.
1. Tethered (page 123, paragraph 2)
2. "Who else but this giant of a man, tethered by ropes, surrounded
by guardians, could be the prisoner?"
3. Tether(ed): To fasten or restrain by or as if
by a tether
4. Tether(ed): To tie up by a rope
5. Part of speech: Transitive verb
6. Q: Why does Bartholomew ask about the tethered man?
A: He is asking about the giant of a man who is the prisoner.
7. Have students draw a Word Wizard Card
Other possible words:
1) lamented (page 125)
2) glum (page 131)
3) embraces (page 133)
Summarizer
Your job is to prepare a brief summary of today's reading. The
other members of your group will be counting on you to give a quick (one
or two minute) statement that tells the key points or the main highlights
of today's reading assignment.