Midnight on the Moon
By Mary Pope Osborne
Discussion Director: Your job is to ask five (5) questions that really make your group members think to make sure they understood what was read. You also need to write down your answers to the questions and the page and paragraph numbers where the students can refer back to the text. You should ask the following types of questions: Multiple Choice, Fact/Opinion, Cause/Effect.
Word Wizard: Make word wizard cards for the words listed below, and then complete the vocabulary activities that go along with the words.
Relieved- page 54, par.6
Definitely- page 55, par. 11
Scurried- page 56, par. 2
Sentence Stems
· I was relieved when ________________________________.
· I definitely want to _________________________________.
· I scurried across the room when _______________________.
What is alike and different about these words:
· relieved and happy?
· definitely and positive?
· scurried and ran?
Double Entry Diary: Fold a piece of paper in half vertically. Write a quote, fact, or specific information from your reading that you found interesting on the left half of the paper. Include the page and paragraph number where your passage was found. On the right side, write why you chose this quote or fact. Tell what this quote makes you think about and how it adds to the text.
Investigator: Read pages 116-119 in the Space book. What is the SETI program? What have they found? Is there proof that UFOs exist? Do you believe there is life anywhere else besides Earth? Why do you think so? Be prepared to share your findings with the group.
Summarizer: Summarizing involves putting the main ideas of what you read into your own words. Be sure to describe WHO the passage was about, WHAT happened and WHERE and WHEN the events occurred, WHY the events happened and HOW the events turned out. Your job is to summarize the section by writing a newspaper article to explain how Jack and Annie got back to their home. Be sure to give your newspaper a title, a date, a headline for the story, and a picture about your story.
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