Section 1: p. 1-30

Discussion Director

Your job for this section of the book is to write down 5 questions, the answers to those questions, and where the answers can be found in the text (the page and paragraph numbers).

1 Author’s Craft question: page____, par.____

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1 Multiple Choice/End of Grade question: page____, par.____

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1 Predicting question: page____, par.____

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1 Reason or ‘Why’ question: page____, par.____

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1 ‘Thinking’ question of your own: page____, par.____

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Passage Picker

Your assignment is to pick out 4 passages from your reading, and fill out the questions below.

Descriptive

p._____, par._____: Why is this passage descriptive?

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2 Figurative Language

p._____, par._____: What figurative language does this passage have? Give examples.

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p._____, par._____: What figurative language does this passage have? Give examples.

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1 of your choice

p._____, par._____: Why did you pick this passage?

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Character Sketcher

Your job as character sketcher is to identify Gus' traits and to prove these traits by using evidence from the book. Just a reminder: these traits will be implied traits- they are not directly stated. You have to take what the book says and infer as to what a character is like.

You also need to discover a problem or conflict that the character has or is having in this section of the book and to write the solution to that problem (if the solution is not in your section of the book, come up with a possible solution).

You will also need to complete a sketch or other illustration of your character based on the traits you find in the book.

Use the form on the next page to record the character traits that you discover.

Character’s Name_____________________________

Section and title of the book you are reading:__________________________________

Implied Character Traits (3)

1. (trait)____________ p. __ par. ___

(explanation or proof of trait)

2. (trait)____________ p. __par.____

(explanation or proof of trait)

3. (trait)___________ p. ___par.____

(explanation or proof of trait)

Character Goal:

_____________’s goal is to

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Problem :

____________’s problem is

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Solution or Possible Solution:_____________________________

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Word Wizard

Your job is to pick 3 words from the list below for this section of the book and create word cards for them.

Each card should include the page and paragraph number where that word can be found, part of speech, definition, along with some kind of illustration for the word.

Section 1

cured p 5

keelboat p 7

complimented p 10

channel p 13

grouse p 16

Vocabulary Activities

1. Write your vocabulary words in column below and also write an antonym and a synonym for each of your words.

Antonym	Word	Synonym

2. Have you ever complimented anyone? What did you compliment and what did you say to that person?

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Internet Investigator

Go to my website and click on the link Lewis and Clark. Click on the link, Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase. Scroll down this page to the section called “Doubling the Nation’s Size: The Louisiana Purchase.”

How did the United States gain this land?
How easy was it to gain the Louisiana Purchase?
How much did the Louisiana Purchase cost all together and how much was it per acre?

Then click on the link, A Brief History Lesson. Read the paragraph here at this site and answer the following question:

Why did President Thomas Jefferson want to buy the port of New Orleans?

Summarize your information into a paragraph to share with your group.

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