CHARACTER SKETCHER
Your job is to sketch one of the following characters: Lucio, or Salvador ____________________________________________________________________________________

DISCUSSION DIRECTOR
Your job is to ask 6 questions, answer the questions along with the page number and paragraph number where the answers are found (if possible). Ask good thinking questions! Ask the following types of questions:

1 Characterization
2 Cause/Effect
1 Fact/Opinion
1 MCEOG
1 "Thinking" question on your own

PASSAGE PICKER
Pick 4 passages that exhibit the following:

1 Happy
1 Descriptive
1 Foreshadowing
1 Frightening

WORD WIZARD
Your job is to complete your role sheet for at least four of the following words:

impishly p. 139 para. 1
ruefully p. 144 para. 6
indifferently p. 152 sen. 1
quivering p. 161 para. 1
cavernous p. 162 para. 6

INVESTIGATOR
Your job is to examine an outside source (news paper article, web site, encyclopedia, content texts, etc.) that has connections to the book being read and share the information with the group.

There are several Mexican holidays mentioned in the book. In order to find out more about these holidays, explore the following websites. Choose one of the holidays listed below (Navidad and Dia de los Reyes go together for this activity) and answer the questions about that holiday.

Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
http://www.azcentral.com/ent/dead/
http://www.inside-mexico.com/noes.htm

What is the purpose of Dia de los Muertos?
Who are the "angelitos"?
What flowers are used to guide the dead home?
How are the dead honored?
What are some of the items placed on altars?
What do mourners do on November 2 to get the dead to return to their graves?
What do you find interesting about this holiday?

Navidad y Dia de los Reyes (Christmas and Day of the Kings)
http://www.demon.co.uk/mexuk/dic95/navidad.html
http://www.inside-mexico.com/Revista.htm
http://www.nacnet.org/assunta/nacimnto.htm

What do las posadas represent?
For how many days does las posadas usually last?
Describe the posada.
Who are Los Reyes Magos?
What date is Dia de Reyes?
Explain the Rosca de Reyes.
What do you find interesting about these holidays?