The House of Dies Drear
By: Virginia Hamilton
Section VII p.211-245
CHARACTER SKETCHER
Your job is to sketch a character of your choice, that you have never sketched before.
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:
2 Compare/Contrast
2 Problem/Solution
1 Cause/Effect
1 Prediction
PASSAGE PICKER
Pick five passages that exhibit the following:
1 surprising
1 problem/solution
1 step by step
1 foreshadowing
1 informative
WORD WIZARD
Your job is to complete your role sheet for the following words:
Anguish p.215 par.6
Hypodermic p.216 par.5
Reprimand p.218 par.3
Declined p.222 par.4
Brimstone p.223 par.3
Premonition p.229 par.1
Perpendicular p.234 par.5
ILLUSTRATOR
Your job is to draw some kind of picture related to the reading. It can be a sketch, cartoon, diagram, cartoon, flow chart, or stick figure scene. You can draw a picture of something that’s discussed specifically in your book, something that the reading reminded you of, or a picture that shows any idea or feeling you got form the reading. Use a separate sheet of paper that is provided by your teacher. After finishing your picture, write a descriptive paragraph about your drawing. Your paragraph should include:
Your job is to research relevant and important information that deals with the book your are reading in Literature Circles. Most of the time, the teacher will give you information to research along with certain questions for you to answer after you have researched the information.
Most of the time, there will be enough copies of the research for all of the members of your group to read. So, you will have to decide how you share the information with your group. Highlighters are probably a good idea so that you can decide the important information that the group needs to read. Copies of the questions that the teacher gave you will also be available for members in your group to answer. Please share any extra information of your own. Also, if while reading the section of your book, you find something you think would be interesting to investigate, please share this with your teacher. After all, you may have some great ideas your teacher has not thought of.