Section 1:  pages 1-21

Discussion Director

Your job is to write five questions and find the answers to those questions.  Be sure to write down the page and paragraph number where the answers can be found and ask good thinking questions!  Make sure to include one of each of the following to create your five questions:

Prediction Question
Setting Question
Point of View Question
Fact or Opinion Question
Italics Question

Character Sketcher

Your job is to complete the role sheet and sketch Tamar Rand.

Passage Picker

Your job is to pick three passages.  Make sure you have a passage that exhibits each of the following:

Foreshadowing
Descriptive
Your Choice

Word Wizard

Your job is to complete your role sheet for four (4) of the following words:

Superstitious (p. 1, par. 3)
Tragedy (p. 4, last par.)
Burden (p.8, par. 4)
Unjustly (p.9, par. 7)
Innocent (p. 20, par. 2)

Internet Investigator -

Your job is to investigate a topic in the text that would help in understanding the book.

Investigate the Titanic.

Research the following sites and answer the questions. 

http://search.eb.com/titanic/01_01.html.  Be sure to click on “Enter the Exhibit” and “next” to browse through pages of interesting facts and pictures.

http://www.titanic-online.com/index.php4?page=364

http://www2.sptimes.com/titanic/How_did_sink.html

If time allows, let your imagination set sail with this website: http://www.discovery.com/guides/history/titanic/Titanic/titanic.html?00000 

  1. From where did the Titanic set sail?  Where was its intended destination?
  2. How many passengers and crewmembers were on the ship?
  3. What was the problem with the lifeboats that were on the Titanic?
  4. How did the Titanic sink?
  5. Why do you think this was especially interesting to Maggie and her family and friends?

 

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