Next Spring an Oriole Author:  Gloria Whelan Section  p52-60

Discussion Director
Your job today is to generate 5 meaningful questions and answers that will motivate group discussion.  You will want to use different types of questions like: Fact & Opinion, Multiple Choice End of Grade, Problem/Solution, Sequence, Prediction, Cause & Effect.  Good Questions begin with: Who, What, When, Where, Why, How, Tell, and Describe.
Each question must have a page# and paragragh# of where the answer can be found in the text.

Word Wizard
Your job today is to find 4 words that are essential to the meaning of the story, or other unknown words.  Follow these steps when recording your words:
1- Word page and paragraph #
2- Sentence used in text
3- Definition
4- Part of Speech
5- Your own sentence using the word

With 2 of these four words you will put on a note card:
On the Front:
Word
(page # and paragraph # in corner)
On the Back:
Define
Part of speech
The sentence the with word from the text
Your own sentence using the word
Illustrate the word.

Words to choose from:
whirligig bugs p.53, par. 1        gourd p. 57, par. 4            muskrat p. 54, par. 2
water striders p.53, par. 1        surveyors p. 56, par. 4

Passage Picker
Today your job is to find 4 passages in the text that are significant and/or descriptive and lead the group into discussion through questioning and stating the author's purpose for the passage. Follow the steps below:
1.    Pick out a passage you would like to share.
2.    Write down the page and paragraph number.
3.    Write down the first two words and the last two words of your passage.
4.    Write down the reason you chose the passage, and explain why
5.    Ask a question about your passage, and give an answer.
6.    Write down the Author’s Purpose:  To Describe, To Entertain, To Inform, or To Persuade.

Pick passages that are: descriptive, a simile, and informative

Character Sketcher
Your job is to create and illustrate a character map of a character.  You are to use at least three words that describe the character you choose.  For each word, or character trait, you will prove or give an example from the text.  You will also identify the character goals, problem and solution (or possible solution) for that section of reading. Finally you will make a visual illustration of your character.

Connector
Your Job is to make a list of ways that you are alike or different form the characters in the story to share with group.