Ragweed
Section 1: p.1-20
Character Sketcher:
Your job is to sketch one of the following characters: Ragweed, the vole, or Silversides.
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Discussion Director:
Your job is to ask 5 questions, record the answers to your questions, and the p. and par. where the answers are found (if possible.) Ask the following:
1 Characterization Question
1 MCEOG
1 Effect/Cause Question
1 Author’s Craft Question
1 Thinking Question
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Passage Picker:
Pick 4 passages that exhibit the following:
2 figurative language
1 descriptive
1 informational
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Word Wizard:
Your job is to complete your role sheet for 4 of the following words:
Imminent p.3 par. 2
Brimming p.4 par. 4
Vole p.7 par. 2
Yearning p.8 par. 6
Prodigious p.10 par. 4
Brazen p.16 par. 3
Furtively p.16 line 2
Brooded p.17 par. 5
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Summarizer:
Your job is to provide a brief summary of the events that occurred during this section. You should highlight any major developments in the plot, any new characters that are introduced, and the main flow of action of this section. You will share your summary with your individual group, and with the entire class.
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Travel Tracer:
Your job is to create and maintain a map of physical movement, as you read, of Ragweed for this section. Include the starting point of his journey, any stops along the way, and his final destination.
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Relationship to The
North Carolina Standard Course of Study