Character Sketcher
Your job is to identify and sketch one of the following characters:  Joey, Dad, or Leezy.  Make sure to identify actions (traits), explain traits, identify the problem and solution in the reading, and complete a sketch or illustration of the character.
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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 Compare/Contrast
1 Prediction
1 MCEOG
1 Cause/Effect
1 Problem/Solution
1 "Thinking" Question on your own
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Passage Picker
Your job is to pick 5 passages that exhibit the following:

1 Simile
1 Humorous
1 Idiom
1 Informative
1 Descriptive

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Word Wizard
Your job is to complete your role sheet for the following roles:  (pick 4)

Winos  p. 52   par. 3                  Slaughtered p. 60  par. 6
Ventured        p. 55   par. 1                  Agony p. 64 par. 4
Liable  p. 55   par. 2    Meditating   p. 66  par. 2
Tousled p. 55   par. 6    Debut  p. 67  par. 9

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Investigator
Your job is to pick one of the following people from the reading today and investigate as much as you can on this person:  Luke Skywalker or Nolan Ryan.
 

The following websites may be helpful for your investigation on Luke Skywalker or Nolan Ryan:

http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/lukeskywalker/

http://www.geocities.com/randytayler/

http://www.crockerfarm.org/ac/rm02/biography/NolanRyan.htm
 

Questions to guide you with your investigation

• Who is either Luke Skywalker or Nolan Ryan?
• What was the one you chose famous for?
• When were they famous?
• How does the person you chose connect to Joey Pigza Loses Control?
• Other interesting facts

Be prepared to share the information you learned with your group.