A Week in the Woods

Section 7, p. 136 – 160

Character Sketcher

Your job is to sketch Mr. Maxwell.

Discussion Director

Your job is to ask five questions, give the answers to your questions, and the page and paragraph number of where you found your answers.  Ask questions that will make you think!

2 MCEOG, 1 Effect/Cause, 1 Characterization, 1 Setting

Passage Picker

Your job is to pick four passages that exhibit the following:

1 Descriptive, 1 Surprising, 1 Cause/Effect, 1 Informative

Word Wizard

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

*gatehouse – p. 136, par. 1

*scavenger – p. 142, par. 2

*suburban – p. 143, par. 2

*theoretical – p. 144, par. 2

*bushwhacking – p. 150, par. Title of Chapter 18

Internet Investigator

In this section, Mark gets lost in the woods.  Your job is to go to this website on being lost in the woods and answer the questions:

http://www.novatrails.com/docs/lostwoods.php

1.                  How do people get lost in the woods?

2.                  What are some precautions to take so you won’t get lost?

3.                  What should you do if you do get lost in the woods?

4.                  What should you do as a responsible hiker?

Summarizer

Your job is to give a brief summary of this part of the story.  Please include the beginning, middle, and end of this reading.  Also include the key points to this part of the story.  Plan to tell your group the summary and key points in about two minutes.