Next Stop, Freedom: The Story of a Slave Girl

Part 2 Page 31-50

Character Sketcher 

Your job is to sketch one of the following characters:  Emily, Isaiah, Aunt Jen, Fredrick, Thomas, or Moses "Harriet Tubman.  Do not sketch a character if you have already drawn him or her.  

Discussion Director

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

1 Problem/Solution

1 MCEOG

1 Cause/Effect

2 Thinking Questions (on your own)

Passage Picker

Your job is to pick 4 passages that exhibit the following:

1 Descriptive

1 Scary or frightening

1 Informative

1 Simile

Word Wizard

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

scowled p. 35 par. 5

shushed p. 41 par. 5

gasped p. 44 par. 5

clattered p. 48 par. 1

Illustrator

Your job is to draw some kind of picture related to the reading.  If can be a sketch, cartoon, diagram, flow chart, or stick-figure scene.  You can draw a picture of something that's discussed specifically in this section of your book, something that the reading reminded you of, or a picture that shows any idea or feeling you got from the reading.  Use a separate sheet of paper that is provided by your teacher.  After finishing your picture, write a descriptive paragraph about your drawing.  Your paragraph should include: 

who or what my picture is about

where my picture takes place

when it is happening

why I drew this picture

Plan for sharing:  Don't tell the group what your drawing is.  Let them guess and talk about if first.  Then you talk about it, or read aloud your paragraph. 

Illustrator For Flying Free: 

Corey's Underground Railroad Diary

This is a picture of Corey and his father looking at the Big Dipper or the Drinking Gourd.  This picture takes place on page 87 in paragraph 2.  The setting of the picture is on the plantation. Corey and his father are talking about following the North Star to get to freedom.  They would follow this radiant star in the sky, which was in the Big Dipper.  I drew this picture because the North Star was so important to the slaves.  This star meant freedom.  The North Star was like a beacon in the sky, that would guide the slaves to freedom.  The North Star is a symbol for freedom for the slaves.  That is why I drew the picture.