A NOVEL OF REBELLION
By: Paul Samuel Jacobs
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Fifth Grade (above grade level)
Section 7 (pages 175-201)
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
1 Character
1 Figurative language
1 Persuasive
Passage Picker
Section 7 (pages 175-201)
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
2 Character
Here is an example of one:
1. Descriptive and Figurative Language
2. Page 189, Paragraph 2
3. "The words sent chills through me, as if they had been spoken
by a dean man. I started to shout out his name, but his hand covered
my mouth."
4. The words...my mouth.
5. I chose this passage because I can relate to the description
from being half awake.
6. (Q) Why is Batholomew's reaction to being woken up described
in this manner?
(A) Batholomew is surprised by being woken up and it gives an accurate
description of his feelings.
7. Author's Purpose: Figurative language to describe
Barthlomew's reaction
Character Sketcher
Section 7 (pages 175-201)
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!
Mistress Rowlandson (page 177)
Word Wizard
Section 7 (pages 175-201)
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. Whinny (page 177, paragraph 3)
2. "Everything frightens me, she said. I have seen things
too horrible to tell. And with every bird cry or horse's whinny,
I hear an Indian giving signal to a new attack."
3. Whinny: To neigh especially in a low or gentle
way
4. Whinny: The sound of the horse
5. Part of speech: Verb
6. Q: Why does the whinny remind him of an Indian's signal
to a new attack?
A: Because the Indians signals related to calls of nature that
could not be discerned by the English settlers.
7. Have students draw a Word Wizard Card
Here are some other words that can be used:
1) providence (page 179)
2) sagamores (page 183)
3) commons (page 187)
Connector
Your job is to connect the story with something that has happened in
your life. You will need to write it down and share with
your group. You will also need to get your group sharing about things
that they can also connect with the story.