Loser by Jerry Spinelli

Section 5 p. 119-142

CHARACTER SKETCHER

Your job is to sketch Hector Binns.

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 characterization

1 Sequence

1 cause/effect

2 thinking questions

PASSAGE PICKER

Pick 4 passages that exhibit the following:

1 sad

1 controversial

2 important

WORD WIZARD

Your job is to complete a role sheet for the following words:

Wincing p. 123 par. 2

Negotiation p. 125 par. 12

Petrified p. 130 par. 1

Straddling p. 135 par. 6

INVESTIGATOR

Your job is to research relevant and important information that deals with the book you are reading. Answer the questions that are below after researching the following websites:

http://www.thedesertsun.com/news/stories/features/986174916.shtml

“How to Beat a Bully”

1. What steps can you take, instead of using physical violence, to stop a bully?

You can look the bully square in the eye, maintain strong posture, use practiced phrases in a firm voice and possibly have a group of friends, or someone else, with you if you confront the bully.

http://www.bullying.co.uk/children/pupil_advice.htm

“Bullying Online”

1. Write five other ways to stop a “bully.”

Tell parents, teachers, a counselor, an official (perhaps a police officer who will come talk to them), or actually confront the bully by himself.

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