Your job is to write down questions that your group can talk about.  Be sure to ask questions which will provoke thought and some discussion in your group.  Ask about the setting, characters, relationships, point of view, and predictions.
 

Character
1. Why does Susanna feel the need to lie about where she has been and who she delivered her goods to?  What does this tell you about her character?
(Susanna knew that her parents would not allow her to be in Tituba’s company.  Her mother trusted her to deliver the goods, and instead she gave them to animals and Sarah Goode.  This too would displease her parents.  Even though father catches her in the lie, we still know that Susanna will lie to keep herself out of trouble.)

Figurative Language
2.  Give one example of personification.  Tell how the author gives human traits to non living things.
(p.41 par 1- “I had put into words what had plagued me for so long, thoughts that took to life this night and jumped off my tongue.”  The author brings thoughts and words to life when she allows them to jump.)

Character Relationship
3.  After reading pages 41-43, describe Susanna’s relationship with her father.
(Susanna is aware that her father is the boss because he disciplines her for her actions.  They share a mutual love and respect for one another.  Her father lets her know that he does understand her thoughts and dreams, but that he cannot support them being talked about.)

Prediction
4.  What do you think will happen as a result of Susanna witnessing Betty Paris’ outburst?
(I think that maybe Betty is a witch because of her outburst and the title of the book.  I think that Susanna may become a part of this and disgrace her family.)

Your job is to choose passages that you and your group can talk about.  Choose passages that use Informative information, figurative language, descriptive language, dialect, and ones that you enjoyed reading.
 

1. Choose Passage
2. P.35 par. 4
3. “He isn't my Jonathan…encourage him.”
4. I choose this paragraph because I liked that Susanna has a love interest.  This makes her relate to the reader more.
5. Why do you think Jonathan may have been so shy when he came to court Susanna?
(Jonathan probably likes Susanna.  I bet he is uncomfortable the way the couples sit in the company room.)
6. The author added this passage to give us background information about Jonathan Hawthorn.  I would guess that he will become a more prominent character in the book.

1. Choose Passage
2. P. 43 par. 2
3. “He knew…distant lands.”
4. I choose the passage because I like the language of how she describes Boston.  It is made out to be such a wonderful growing place, which I think reflects Susanna.  She has already spoken out about how she feels with the strict Puritan rules.  I think this just adds to her character.
5. In the passage, where does it make reference to knowing Susanna does like her family coming form some money?
(“You could wear your best silks in Boston and not be frowned upon.”
6. Author's Purpose: To describe, to inform.

1. Choose Passage
2. P.49 par. 2
3. “God broods….in Salem”
4. I was very interested in what was going on with Betty in this section.  I think the last line where she says all people in Salem are sinners was maybe a foreshadowing for evil.
5. How do you think Betty's words affected Susanna?
(Susanna was probably very frightened to hear this young girl speak such violent things.)
6. Author's Purpose:  To inform

The Steps
1.  Write down the word and include the page and paragraph number.
2.  Copy the sentence from the book in which the word appears.
3.  Look up the word in the dictionary.
4.  Using your context clues 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 down a question and the answer about the word that makes your group refer back to the book.  You can also write a sentence using the word.
7.  Make a word wizard card.  Be sure to include in big print your word and the page number and paragraph.  On the other side of your card, draw a picture. the word, and the definition.

Feel free to choose you own words.  Here are a few suggestions:
 

admonishment (p 35 par. 6)	idyllic (p. 36 par. 2)	shilling (p.36 par 2)
beckoned (p. 45 par. 1)	apparition (p. 47 par. 6)	cauldron (p.48 par.3)
heretic (p.49 par 1)	drudgery (p.51 par.3)

 
 

1. beckoned (p. 45 par. 6)
2. “But I was drawn to it, nevertheless; and in the waning afternoon sun, which brought out all its shabbiness, the house beckoned to me like a lost soul.”
3. To call upon
4. To summon someone with a nod or wave
5. Verb
6. Why do you think Susanna felt beckoned to the house?
(She wanted to talk to Tituba again)
7.  See card

1. heretic (p.49 par. 1)
2. “Everyone knew that a person with even the flimsiest connection to the Catholic faith was as much as a heretic as a Quaker or a Baptist.”
3. Look up word
4. A person holding opinions different from the orthodox beliefs, especially religious beliefs.
5. Noun
6. Ms. Jones is a heretic in that she has very radical beliefs.
7. Make card

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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 brief statement that tells the key points of the main highlights of today's reading assignment.    Include who the characters are, where the story takes place, what the problem is.

This section takes place with Susanna returning home from her trip to deliver goods for her mother.  She feels the need to lie to her parents because she knows they would be upset if she told them that she had not followed through with her duties.  Her father catches her because Sarah Goode comes begging to her house.  He scolds her, and does not allow her to go to Boston with him.  Susanna returns to the parsonage where she speaks to Tituba again.  She is disturbed when she watches Betty, the pastor's daughter display weird behavior.  Betty is ill, and she speaks of evil people in Salem.  She brings up accusations that the Devils work is being practiced.