The Landry News

New Kid Gets Old Teacher

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Character Sketcher

Your job is to identify and sketch one of the following characters: Cara or Mr. Larson.  Make sure to identify actions (traits), explain traits, identify the problem and solution in the reading, and complete a sketch or illustration of the character.

 

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Discussion Director

Your job is to ask 5 questions, the answers to your questions, and the page and paragraph where the answers are found (if possible).  Ask good thinking questions!  Ask the following:

 

1 Cause/Effect

1 Mood

1 MCEOG

1 Character

1 Predict

 

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Passage Picker

Your job is to pick 4 passages that exhibit the following:

 

1 Simile

1 Descriptive

1 Surprising

1 Fact

 

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Word Wizard

Your job is to complete your role sheet for the following roles:

 

Absentmindedly p. 1 par. 6

Accurate p. 16 par. 5

Lurched p. 17 par. 5

Flinched p. 26 par. 3

 

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Investigator

Your job is to investigate, by using other sources (newspaper, web, encyclopedia, content texts, etc.) that have connections to this section.  You will share your information with your group.  You may also use books, encyclopedias, other texts, or articles provided by your teacher to help with your investigation.

 

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