The Devil’s Arithmetic
Section 2 p. 22-49
Character Sketcher
Your job is to sketch one of the following characters (that you did not sketch last time in your group): Hannah, Gitl, or Shmuel.
Discussion Director
Your job is to write 6 questions, the answers to your questions, and the page and paragraph. Also include where the answers are found if possible. Ask good thinking questions! Ask the following:
1 Compare/Contrast
1 Setting
1 Cause/Effect
1 Opinion Question
1 End of Grade question
1 "thinking" question on your own
Passage Picker
Pick 4 passages that exhibit the following:
1 descriptive
1 interesting
1forshadowing question
1 on your own
Word Wizard
Your job is to complete your role sheet for the following words:
Illusion p. 23 par. 2
Conspiratorial p. 27 par. 8
Urgency p. 34 par. 6
Shetetl p. 46 par. 1
Summarizer
Prepare a brief summary of today’s reading. Make sure to include the main ideas and point. You should write at least two, well developed paragraphs.
Summarizer
Example Page
Section 2
This section is very interesting because we are introduced to an entire new world. Strangely, when Hannah opens the door to welcome in the prophet at her family’s Seder dinner, she is transported to a different life and becomes a different person altogether. Soon she meets two new characters, Gitl and Shmuel. These two people claim to be her aunt and uncle and call her by her Jewish name, Chaya.
Everyone in this new world are busy getting ready for Shmuel’s wedding the following morning. Soon, Hannah learns that the girl who everyone seems to think she is has recently become an orphan and has been sent to live with her aunt and uncle. As the wedding begins, Hannah meets many new girls, all who love to hear Hannah tells stories. This might be a strange new place, but Hannah seems to fit in quite well!