Section 5
(Ch. 12-14)






Discussion Director
Your job is to ask five questions about the reading that you can discuss with your group.
They should include: one genre, one problem/solution, one MCEOG, one character, and one
prediction.
 

1. (figurative language) What does Nat compare Kit to in chapter 12, on page 116, par.7?
Answer: He compares her to a tropical bird that has been taken from its native land because Kit has left her native land, too, and is having trouble thriving in Connecticut just like the bird did.

Passage Picker
Your job is to pick four passages from the reading that you want to discuss with your group. There are various reasons for picking a passage. For this section, pick passages for these four reasons:

Word Wizard
Your job is to pick out at least five special words from this section of the reading. They should be words that you find interesting or are not familiar with. For each word you will need to write the page and paragraph where the word occurrs, the definition of the word, the part of speech,the sentence from the reading containing that word, and one sentence of your own containing the word. Here are some examples of words you could use:


Character Sketcher
Your job is to choose an intersting character from this section of the reading. You will think
of three words that describe that character (character traits) and give the proof with the
page and paragraph number. You will then tell one of the character's goals for that section,
or something that the character wants to do. Next, you will find one of your character's
problems for the section and the solution or possible solution to that problem. Finally,
illustrate the character. For this section, sketch Judith Wood.
 

Investigator
Your job is to research a bit of information pertaining to this section of the book that you can share with your group.  You may use online sources, books, magazines, or other media. A few topics you may wish to investigate include: colonial husking bees, the governors of the early colonies, Quakers, Barbados, Puritan life or colonial marriage customs. Here are some possible web sites to research: