Section 5
Butterfly House: pages 21-28
Job #1
For this section of the book, discussion director's job will be to develop 2 thinking questions. These questions could include the 5 W's (Who, What, When, Where, and Why). Also, the student can come up with questions asking how.
For Example:
When do the butterflies come to see the woman?
What is it that the neighbors can't understand?
Job #2
**Passage Picker**
This student's job will be to pick out an important passage from this section of the book. The student will express his or her feelings to the group about why this section is important or significant to the story. This will lead discussions about important morals, themes, concepts, etc. in the story.
Job #3
**Word Wizard**
This student will choose 2 words from the following choices and make word wizard cards for each word.
thistle
cling
whisper
mystery
Vocabulary Activities:
1. Word Wizard Card: For each word, the "Word Wizard" will reread the sentence where the word is used in the book. Then he/she will make a word wizard card. The word wizard card will have the page number, a short (kid-friendly) definition, and one synonym. The Word Wizard will also include a picture representing the word on the word wizard card.
2. Have the student find the noun, verb, and adjective form of the vocabulary words.
For example, if the vocabulary word is mystery:
Noun: mystery
Verb: mystify
Adj.: mysterious
Job #4
**Summarizer**
This student will summarize what has happened in the section. The summarizer will point out the major issues and/or theme from the story and discuss them with the group.
Job #5
**Activity Activator**
In the this section the woman believes that the butterflies talk among themselves. This is an excerpt from the section. This is what the woman believes a butterfly would say to her is it could talk: (p.28) "This is the girl, but older now. We visit her each spring to give her back the love she gave to us so long ago."
The activity activator will lead an activity with the group. He or she will explain to the students that they are going to pretend to be butterflies and write a letter to the woman. In the letter they can thank her for all that she has done for them. The students will also draw and create their very own butterfly to go with their letter. They can even give their butterfly a name!
