Character Sketcher
Your job is to sketch one of the following characters (that you did not sketch last time in your group):  Joey, Mom, Dad, Grandma, or Pablo.

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Discussion Director
Your job is to ask 6 questions, the answers to your questions, and the page and paragraph where the answers are found (if possible).  Ask good thinking questions!  Ask the following:

1 Setting
1 Cause/Effect
1 MCEOG
2 Prediction
1 "Thinking" Question on your own

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Passage Picker
Your job is to pick 5 passages that exhibit the following:

2 Simile
1 Descriptive
1 Scary/Sad
1 Important

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Word Wizard
Your job is to complete your role sheet for the following roles:

Mongrel   p. 37 par. 9
Grate        p. 40 par. 3
Ricochet          p. 44 par. 7
Hoisted p. 46 par. 3

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Investigator
Your job is to investigate, by using other sources (newspaper, web, encyclopedia, content texts, etc.) that have connections to this section.  You will share your information with your group.  You may use they following websites provided to look up information on Roberto Clemente.  You may also use books, encyclopedias, other texts, or articles provided by your teacher to help with your investigation.
 

On page 49, Joey's dad refers to Roberto Clemente when they are throwing ball.  Your job is to investigate finding out important facts about Roberto Clemente.  You will write down this information and share the information with your group.

http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/clemente_roberto.htm

http://www.robertoclemente21.com/Biography/biography.html

• Who is Roberto Clemente?
• What is he famous for?
• When was he famous?
• Give important facts about Roberto Clemente?

 Roberto Clemente was born in Barrio San Anton in Carolina, Puerto Rico, August 18, 1934.  Roberto enjoyed track and field.  His favorite love and passion was with baseball.  He played amateur baseball with Juncos Double A Club.  He then played with the Santurce Crabbers in the Puerto Rican Winter League.  After Santurce, Roberto signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers and was assigned to play for the Montreal Royals.
 Roberto went to the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1954 as a number one draft.  He joined the Pirates in 1955 and spent eighteen years with this team (1955-1972.)  Roberto had the chance to experience two World Series in 1960 and in 1971.  He obtained the National League Batting Champion award four times, was awarded twelve Gold Gloves, and selected National League MVP in 1966 and chosen MVP in the 1971 World Series.
 On December 31, 1972, Roberto died in a tragic plane crash.  There had been an earthquake in Nicaragua and Roberto was determined to take food, medical, and clothing supplies to the victims of this earthquake.  His plane went down off the coast of Puerto Rico due to poor weather.