Loser by Jerry
Spinelli
Section 4 p. 94-118
CHARACTER SKETCHER
Your job is to sketch Mr. Yalowitz.
DISCUSSION
DIRECTOR
Your job is to ask 5 questions, the answers to your questions, and the p. and par. And consider where the answers are found (if possible). Ask good thinking questions! Ask the following:
1 setting
1 characterization
1 MCEOG
1 figurative language
PASSAGE PICKER
Pick 4 passages that exhibit the following:
2 descriptive
1 thematic
1 informative
WORD WIZARD
Your job is to complete your role sheet for the following
words:
Profoundly p. 100 par. 3
Crouch p. 105 par. 1
Grimacing p. 105 par. 3
Abundantly p. 110 par.1
CONNECTOR
Your job is to connect the book to the outside world. Write a paragraph, answering one of these statements:
Can you remember a time when a teacher had a memorable impact on you? Describe if you have or have not and how you would want a teacher to have a memorable impact on you.
Describe what you like about school (and yes you have to write about one thing you LIKE).