The Devil’s Arithmetic

Section 8 p. 150-170

Character Sketcher

Your job is to sketch one of the following characters (that you did not sketch last time in your group): Hannah, Gitl, Rivka, or Commandant Breuer.

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:

Transports p. 151 par. 4

Hysteria p. 153 par. 6

Babushka p. 158 par. 6

Emigrated p. 165 par. 3

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.)