Little House in the Big Woods

Section 2    p.24-58

Character Sketcher

Your job is to sketch one of the following characters: Grandpa, Ma, or Laura

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Discussion Director

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

2 Prediction

1 Setting

1 Sequence

1 "Thinking" Question on your own

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Passage Picker

Pick 3 passages that exhibit the following:

1 Interesting

2 Informative

1 Figurative Language

1 On Your Own

Click here to see an example

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Word Wizard

Your job is to complete your role sheet for 3 of the following words:

churning         p. 29 par. 3

breathless       p. 33 par. 1

fierce             p. 35 par. 2

hearth            p. 38 par. 2

temptingly      p. 46 par. 1

ramrod           p. 47 par. 3 

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Internet Investigator

Your job is to review the following website and answer the following questions:

http://waltonfeed.com/old/butter.html

Compare/contrast the description/steps of making butter on this website and in the book. How are the instructions similar and how are they different?

What are some advancements people have made from then to now in the process of butter making?

How would you feel if you were churning butter on a farm or in the country like Ma, Mary, and Laura?

According to this site, would you rather make and eat homemade country butter or egg butter?

Did this site broaden your knowledge about making butter? Why/ why not?