A Week in the Woods

Section 8, p. 161 – 190

Character Sketcher

Your job is to sketch Mark.

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!

1 MCEOG, 1 Effect/Cause, 1 Characterization, 1 Setting, 1 Fact/Opinion

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:

*compass – p. 161, par. 4

*deadwood – p. 168, par. 5

*hacksaw blade – p. 169, par. 2

*headlamp – p. 174, par. 5

Internet Investigator

In this section, Mark has to use some of his first aid skills on Mr. Maxwell when they find each other in the woods.  Your job is to check out this website on first aid skills and answer the questions:

http://www.geocities.com/athens/academy/3483/kidsfirstaid.html

1.                  What should you do if someone complains of belly pain?

2.                  What should you do for minor burns?

3.                  What should you do for minor cuts?

4.                  How do you perform the Heimlich maneuver?

5.                  What should you do if someone is unconscious?

6.                  What should you do if you knock a tooth?

Artful Artist

Your job is to draw a picture to show your favorite part of the story.  After you finish, write a short paragraph telling the following;

-who or what your picture is about

-where your picture takes place

-when it is happening

-why you drew it