Discussion Director
Your job is to ask five questions about the reading that you can discuss with your group.
They should include: one figurative language, one opinion, one MCEOG, one character goals, and one
setting.

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:

• descriptive
• figurative language
• surprising
• interesting

1. p. 163, par. 5
2. 'Matthew's voice...fetch you."'
3. I chose this passage because it was surprising that Matthew set aside his differences with Dr. Bulkely. He is usually so stubborn in his beliefs, but in this case, he put the needs of his family ahead of his pride.
4. Do you think that Matthew and Dr. Bulkely would have ever patched things up if Mercy had not fallen ill?
5. I think the author's purpose in this passage was to inform the reader of a part of Matthew's character that is rarely seen.

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 examples of five words that you may choose to use.

• poultice (p.163, par. 7)
• malady (p.161, par.1)
• consorting (p.165, par.4)
• heedlessy (p.169, par.15)
• tantalizingly (p.171, par.3)

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 Nat Eaton.

Connector
Your job is to connect the book your group is reading to the outside world. This means
asking yourself these questions and writing a paragraph about one or more of them:

     Does this part of the story remind you of any other story or book you have read or
     heard? Explain.
     Does this part of the story remind you of anything that has happened to you, a friend,
     or a family member? Explain.
     Does this part of the story remind you of a movie or television show you have seen?
     Explain.