Grace’s Letter to Lincoln

Section 4; p. 37- 68

(2nd- 3rd grade plan)

 

Discussion Director

Your job is to ask 5 questions, the answers to your questions, and the page and paragraph where the answers are found (if possible).  Ask good thinking questions!  Pick from the following:

 

1 Fact/ Opinion

1 Problem/ Solution

1 MCEOG

1 Setting

1 “Thinking” Question on your own

 

Passage Picker

Pick 4 passages that exhibit the following:

 

1 Important

1 Surprising

1 Interesting

1 On your own

 

Word Wizard

Your job is to complete the role sheet for the following words (Pick 4):

 

Admiration       p.42     par.1

Gumption         p.43     line 2

Anticipation     p.49     line 6

Correspondent  p.50     line 2

Bluster              p.56     par.7

 

Character Sketcher

Your job is to sketch one of the following characters (Pick one that you have not already sketched):

Grace, Jennie, Grace’s mother or father

 

Investigator

Your job is to use the provided articles to answer the following questions.  You will also need to read and highlight what you believe to be the most important information in the articles.  You will need to share the information with your group and provide the questions for your group to answer also.

 

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