Discussion Director

Your job is to ask 4 questions, write the answers to your questions, and the page number and the paragraph number where the answers are found (if possible). Ask good thinking questions.

1 Prediction

1 Characterization

1 Cause/Effect

1 Compare/Contrast

2 “Thinking” Questions on your own

Passage Picker

Pick passages that exhibit 3 of the following:

1 funny/amusing

1 descriptive

1 important

1 foreshadowing

1 surprising

Word Wizard

Your job is to complete your role sheet for 3 of the following words:

Affectionate p. 148

Accuracy p. 149

Urgent p. 149

Absentminded p. 150

Assurance p. 150

Inspiration p. 152

Thrive p. 156

Mischievous p. 160

Character Sketcher

Your job is to sketch on of the following characters (that you did not sketch last time in your group): Mrs. Whaley, Mr. Quimby, or Ramona.

Connector

Write a brief paragraph about an experience that you have had presenting a report to the class. Discuss how you came up with the idea for the presentation. (Did you come up with the idea on your own or did the teacher tell you exactly what to do?) Talk about how you felt during the presentation.

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