The House of Dies Drear

By: Virginia Hamilton

Section III p.71-105

CHARACTER SKETCHER

DISCUSSION DIRECTOR

Your job is to ask six questions, the answers to your questions, and the p. and par.  Where the answers are found (if possible).  Ask good thinking questions!  Ask the following:

1 Compare/Contrast

1 Frightening

1 Problem/Solution

2 Character

PASSAGE PICKER

Pick four passages that exhibit the following:

1 dialect

1 interesting

2 descriptive

WORD WIZARD

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

Cumbersome p.101 par.2

Shrilly p.79 par.4

Specter p.88 par.5

Mahogany p.103 par.2

CONNECTOR

Your job is to connect the book to the outside world.  Write a paragraph, connecting one of the following passages from the book to your life or someone you know.

P.77 par.8

P.90 par.6

P.100 par.1

Does this part of the story remind you of any other story or book you have read or heard?

Does this part of the story remind you of anything that has happened to you, a friend, or family member?

Does this part of the story remind you of a movie or television show you have seen?