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 Opinion
1 Characterization
1 Cause and Effect
1 MCEOG
1 “Thinking” Question

Passage Picker
Your job is to complete the role sheet for the following types of passages.
1 Figurative Language (simile)
1 Sarcastic
1 Descriptive
1 Humorous

Word Wizard
Your job is to complete the role sheet for four of the following words:
Bizarre                  p. 33, par. 2
Chrysanthemums       p. 35, par. 2
Chandeliers             p. 37, par. 1
Tailspin                  p. 46, par. 3
Latrines                 p. 50, par. 4
Velocity                  p. 53, par. 1

Character Sketcher
Your job is to complete the role sheet for the character Ben.

Connector
Your job is to think of how the Japanese-American children are similar to children alive today.  Pastimes?  Dreams?  Feelings?  Etc.?
 

Japanese-American children in 1942 were very similar to children today.  They enjoyed playing baseball and other sports, just as children in 2002 do as well.  Boys and girls, alike, enjoy playing sports of all kinds.  Many kids enjoy competition and have a strong desire to win.  Other kids are not as competitive.  Some children like to draw, others like to play house, and very few enjoy school.  Children today enjoy these same types of things.  They both have dreams and hopes for the future, and each value their families.  The children of then and now even fight with their siblings and classmates over the same things such as sports, family feuds, etc.  Most importantly, the kids featured in The Journal of Ben Uchida were American citizens just like many kids today.  They did not deserve to be discriminated against just because of the color of their skin or the country in which their parents were born.  But they were… just as many kids are today.