Section 4

Pages 88-115

Discussion Director:  Your job is to come up with five(5) "thinking questions."  When you are thinking about your questions focus on the following events:  the happy 8-ball, Judy's trip to the store, Judy's VIQ, Judy's mood ring trick, and the love recipes Judy read about.

Passage Picker:  Choose three passages to share with the group.  Write down the page, paragraph, first and last words of the passage.  Also, write down why you chose the passage you did.  Refer to the "Passage Picker" sheet if you need any ideas.

Character Sketcher:  Complete a character sketch for Mr. Todd or Judy.

Word Wizard:  Complete word wizard cards for two of the following words and complete the vocabulary exercises for the words you chose. 

marvelous p.93, molasses p.110, absolute p.107

Word Networks: 

1. What word or phrases come to mind when you think of the word marvelous?

2. What word, phrase or event reminds you of the word molasses?

3. What word or phrase comes to mind when you think of absolute?

Alike or Different? Are the word pairs alike or different?

1. Marvelous and Exceptional

2. Molasses and Absolute

3. Absolute and Definite

4. Marvelous and Obvious

Internet Investigator: Judy, Jessica, Rocky and Frank all attended Virginia Dare Elementary School.  Who is Virginia Dare?  Use the website provided to learn who she is and why she is important.

Click on the link http://library.thinkquest.org/20619/Timeline.html and answer the following questions.  Look at the section labeled 1587.  1.) Who was Virginia Dare? 2.) What is so important about her birth? 3.)Where were her parents originally from?  4.)Read about some of the different people in America.  What other countries sent settlers to America?

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