Junie B. Jones is Captain Field Day

Section 1 pg. 1-21

Discussion Director

Your job is to write good, thought-provoking questions about this section of the story for your group to respond to. You also need to complete the Discussion Director job sheet. Write the answers to these questions and, if possible, the page numbers on which the answers can be found. These questions should involve 5 of the following:

• Characterization

• Multiple Choice EOG

• Setting

• Italics

• Point of view

Passage Picker

Select passages from this section of the book that you think are interesting or that you would like to discuss with the rest of your group. You should also complete the Passage Picker job sheet. The passages you choose should exhibit 3 of the following:

• Idiom

• Humorous

• Dialect

• Informative

• Simile

Word Wizard

You will complete the Word Wizard role sheet and make Word Wizard cards using 3 of the words listed below. These words came from this section of your book.

• Occasion (pg.2)

• Cramps (pg.10)

• Vibrations (pg.13)

• Occasionally (pg.20)

Character Sketcher

Your job is to complete the Character Sketcher role sheet and to sketch one of the following characters:

Junie B. Jones, Grace, Mrs.

Internet Investigator

Your job is to go to the websites listed below that deal with "Superheroes" and then answer the questions.

http://www.umich.edu/~urecord/9697/Apr01_97/artcl14.htm

• What can parents do to keep children from mimicking the violence they see in superhero cartoons?

• What other characteristics do superheroes have besides the ability to "beat-up" bad guys?

• In the section of Junie B. Jones is Captain Field Day that you read, does Junie B. show characteristics of a good superhero? What are they? (list page numbers from the book)

http://www.snickerdoodleforkids.com/index.htm

• What do you think of the superhero "Snickerdoodle"? Who is he and what does he do?

• Explore the website and write down your favorite link or activity.