Character Sketcher
Your job is to identify and sketch one of the following characters:  Joey, Dad or Grandma.  Identify actions (traits), explain traits, identify the problem and solution in the reading, and complete a sketch or illustration of the character.  If you have already drawn both of these characters, choose one and draw that character doing something from this reading.

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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 MCEOG
1 Prediction
1 Characterization
1 Surprising
2 On your own

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Passage Picker
Your job is to pick 4 passages that exhibit the following:

2 Simile
1 Humorous
1 Informative
1 Serious
1 Idiom

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

Pried    p. 156     par. 1
Rotor  p. 156     par. 6
Invalid  p. 158    par. 7
Dusk  p. 160    par. 5
Singsonged p. 161    par. 7
Kilowatts p. 164    par. 3
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Investigator
Your job is to investigate ADHD, what is it, and how does its symptoms compare to Joey?  Use the Internet, encyclopedias, or books/articles your teacher gives you to prepare for the following:

• Find out what ADHD stands for
• The symptoms of ADHD
• Does Joey portray some of the symptoms of ADHD?  If so, what are they?
• How does Joey feel about being hyper?

Helpful Websites for investigation
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/adhd.cfm

Prepare to share the information you found with your group.