Ragweed
Section 3: p.40-62
Character Sketcher:
Your job is to sketch Blinker. Be sure to use any previously mentioned traits in your sketch.
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Discussion Director:
Your job is to ask 5 questions, record the answers to your questions, and the p. and par. where the answers are found (if possible.) Ask the following:
1 Characterization Question
1 MCEOG
1 Effect/Cause Question
1 Problem/ Solution Question
1 Thinking Question
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Passage Picker:
Pick 4 passages that exhibit the following:
1 figurative language
1 dialect
1 funny
1 scary
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Word Wizard:
Your job is to complete your role sheet for 4 of the following words:
Lavished p. 40 par. 3
Sojourn p. 41 par. 4
Majestic p. 44 par. 4
Frail p. 47 par. 3
Maneuver p. 48 par. 9
Heaved p. 54 par. 4
Gyrating p. 56 par. 2
Bewildered p. 58 par. 4
Raucous p. 59 line 1
Gullet p. 61 par. 2
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Summarizer:
Your job is to provide a brief summary of the events that occurred during this section. You should highlight any major developments in the plot, any new characters that are introduced, and the main flow of action of this section. You will share your summary with your individual group, and with the entire class.
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Investigator:
Your job is to investigate some of the mouse types mentioned on P. 51. Are the types mentioned in the book based on fact or fiction? For the types that are fact-based, provide some brief research information that you found.
Some websites to get you started are:
www.alienexplorer.com/ecology/m134.html -- Alien Earth
http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/ochrnutt.htm -- The Mammals of Texas
http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/onycaren.htm -- The Mammals of Texas
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Relationship to The
North Carolina Standard Course of Study