Section 6
Pages 125- 162
Summarizer: Prepare a brief summary of section 6. Make sure to include all key points and main ideas.
Character Sketcher: Your job is to sketch one of the following: (Make sure to choose a different character than you choose in section 5) Officer Delinko, Curly, Mullet Fingers, Beatrice Leep.
Passage Picker: Pick a passage that exhibits each of the following:
- 1 Descriptive
- 1 Simile
- 1 Metaphor
- 1 Compare/Contrast
- 1 Cause/Effect
Word Wizard: Your job is to complete your role sheet for the following words:
- Excursions- page 129 paragraph 5
- Fretting- page 130 paragraph 3
- Indignation- page 140 paragraph 10
- Mauled- page 141 paragraph 11
- Intravenous- page 149 paragraph 10
Discussion Director: Your job is to ask five questions, the answers to your questions, and the page and paragraph. If possible write where you found the answers to your questions. Ask great "Thinking" questions!! Ask the following:
- 1 MCEOG
- 1 Prediction
- 1 "Thinking" question
- 1 Character
- 1 Cause/Effect
Investigator: Your job is to investigate, by using other sources (newspaper, web, encyclopedia, content texts, etc.) that have connections to this section. You will share your information with your group. You may use the following websites provided to look up information on the environment and endangered animals.
On page 155- 162, the author mentions the environment and the owls that are endangered of losing their home. During your investigation, answer the following questions:
What does endangered mean?
What is one suggestion you can give on how to stop the construction crew from ruining the owls home?
What is an owl's habitat?
List some suggestions on how to preserve their habitat.
www.environment-agency.gov.uk/
http://www.nps.ars.usda.gov/projects/projects.htm?ACCN_NO=405957