A Series of Unfortunate Events:  The Bad Beginning 

Section 1 p.1-25

 

 

CHARACTER SKETCHER

Your job is to sketch one of the following characters: Violet, Olaf, Justice, or Mr. Poe.

 

DISCUSSION DIRECTOR

Your job is to ask 6 questions, the answers to your questions, and the p. and par. Where the answers are found (if possible).  Ask good thinking questions! Ask the following:

 

1 Prediction Question

1 MCEOG

1 Mood question

1 Cause/Effect

2 “Thinking” Questions on your own

 

PASSAGE PICKER

Pick 4 passages that exhibit the following:

 

1 descriptive

2 figurative language

1 On your own

 

WORD WIZARD

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

 

perished           p. 8 par. 4

recuperate        p. 13 par. 2

dilapidated        p. 20 par. 2

grotesque         p. 13 par. 2

solemnly           p. 17 par. 1

 

CONNECTOR

Your job is to connect the book to the outside world.  Write a paragraph, answering one of these statements:

 

Explain how this story reminds you of any other book or story you have read or heard.

 

Does this part of the story remind you of anything that has happened to you, a friend, or a family member? Explain.

 

(Include who or what your connection is about, where and when it happened, what happened, and how it connects or deals with a part of the story.)