Dear Austin: Letters From The Underground Railroad

 Unit 7  Page 1-41

Character Sketcher

Your job is to sketch one of the following characters:  Miss Amelia, Willie Erlich, Levi, Possum, Jupiter, or Old Man Grissard. 

Discussion Director

Your job is to ask 5 questions, the answer to your questions, and then the p. and par.  Find were the answers are found if possible.  Ask good thinking questions!!!  Ask the following:

2 of your own "Thinking Question"

1 Fact/Opinion

1 Setting Question

1 Problem/Solution

Passage Picker

1 Important

1 Funny/Amusing

1 Informative

1 of your own

Word Wizard

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

Discouraged p. 1 par 2

Astonishment p. 9 line. 2

Suspicious p. 20 par. 3

Miserable p. 24 par. 5

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.