The Drinking Gourd:  A Story of the Underground Railroad

Section 2; p. 32-62

(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!  Ask the following:

 

1 Setting

1 Problem/ Solution

1 Cause/ Effect

1 Fact/ Opinion

1 “Thinking” Question on your own

 

Passage Picker

Pick 3 passages that exhibit the following:

 

1 Problem/ Solution

1 Informative

1 Important

1 On your own

 

Word Wizard

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

 

Promise             p. 38    line 6

Whippoorwill    p. 39    line 6

Obeying             p. 58    line 2

Property             p. 60    line 2

 

Character Sketcher

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

 

Tommy Fuller, Deacon Fuller, Big Jeff, Little Jeff

 

Summarizer

Prepare a brief summary of today’s reading.  Make sure to include all the main ideas and points.