The Watsons Go To Birmingham

Section Four p. 75-99

 

Discussion Director

Your job is to form 4 questions and answers for this section.  Be sure to include the page number and paragraph number where the answers are found.  Ask thoughtful questions!

 

1 Setting

1 Mood

1 Fact/Opinion

1 Cause/Effect

1 Foreshadowing

1 Italics

 

 

Passage Picker

Pick a passage that exhibits all of the following.

 

Descriptive

Dialect

Surprising

Melancholy/Sad

 

 

Character Sketcher

Your job is to sketch Byron.

 

 

Word Wizard

Your job is to complete the role sheet for 3 of the following words.  Be sure to include the sentence in which the word is used, the definition, and a Word Wizard card for each.

 

Peon                p 76   par 12

Alley                p 80   par 3

Snatched          p 81   par 4

Linoleum          p 87   par 2

Banned             p 90   par 2

Click HERE to see an example of Word Wizard.

 

 

Internet Investigator

In the book, Byron harmed a bird, a mourning dove.  We are going to research and find out more about these birds.

http://www.dnr.state.md.us/wildlife/abmdove.html

 

  1. Compare how Byron described these birds to Kenny to how the really look.
  2. Where are these doves most commonly found?
  3. What do they eat?
  4. Give an interesting fact about these birds.
  5. Draw a picture of this bird.