The Journal of Ben Uchida by Barry Denenberg
Section Eight Plan- Pages 91-132
Morgan Vassey

Discussion Director
Your job is to think of questions that will get your group thinking.  Ask the following types of questions, answer them, and include the page and paragraph numbers where the answer can be found.
1 MCEOG
2 Opinion
1 Compare/Contrast
1 Prediction

Passage Picker
Your job is to complete the role sheet for the following types of passages.
1 Frightening
1 Figurative Language (simile)
1 Melancholy
1 Fact

Word Wizard
Your job is to complete the role sheet for four of the following words:
Deciphered p. 91, par. 3
Infamy p. 95, par. 5
Reinforcements p. 103, par. 1
Desolation p. 106, par. 1
Questionnaires p. 124, par. 3
Gallant p. 125, par. 1

Character Sketcher
Your job is to complete the role sheet for the character Papa.  Think about how his character has changed from the beginning of the book to the end.

Connector
Your job is to think about discrimination and how it affected the Japanese-Americans in the book.  How have you experience discrimination in your life?  Do you know anyone who has been discriminated against?  What can you do to stop it?