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rArtful Artist

It is your job to draw a picture related to the pages you read today in class.

Your picture can be specifically about today’s reading or something today’s reading reminded you of (an idea, an event in your life, or a feeling). Your picture can be a sketch, cartoon, stick figure scene, diagram or flow chart.

Presentation Plan:

When the Discussion Director invites you to participate, you should

*show your picture without comment to others in your group.

*ask them to speculate (wonder) what your picture means.

*tell your group what your picture means.

*Remember to make a prediction for your next reading.*

Some ideas that you could use for your drawing could be the following:

*a character *a problem *an exciting part

*the setting *a surprise *a prediction

Word Wizard It is your job to be on the lookout for unknown or interesting words as you read today in class.

You are responsible to infer the meaning of the word and look the word up in the dictionary.

Your chart should look like this:

Page # Word Inference Definition

Presentation Plan:

When the Discussion Director invites you to participate, you should

*find/discuss the words and your inference.

*ask them to speculate (wonder) what the word means.

*tell your group the dictionary meaning.

*Remember to make a prediction for your next reading.*

Summarizer It is your job to prepare a brief summary of

what you read today in class.

Write your summary and 4 important events that happened in today’s reading.

Summary: ______________________________________________________________________________________________

Key Points:

1______________________________________________

2_____________________________________________

3______________________________________________

4______________________________________________

Presentation Plan:

When the Discussion Director invites you to participate, you should

*discuss your summary and key points

*Remember to make a prediction for your next reading.*

Literacy Luminary It is your job to locate a few special sections that you think your group would like to read aloud from what you read today in class.

Your section should look like this:

1. Page/s: __________ Paragraph #_____________

I choose this section because _______________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Presentation Plan:

When the Discussion Director invites you to participate, you should

*find/read the paragraphs you wanted to discuss

*discuss why you choose this section

*Remember to make a prediction for your next reading.*

Your summary should be a brief statement (5 -8 sentences) that covers the following items: *the main idea (important events) of today’s reading

*the introduction of any new characters, setting, or problems

The sections that you select should help people remember some sections of the text that are...

*interesting *powerful *funny

*puzzling *important

Discussion Director It is your job to develop a list of questions

that your group should discuss about the part of the story you read today in class.

Your BIG IDEA questions should:

*help your group talk over the big ideas in today’s reading & *share their reactions or feelings toward today’s reading.

*make an inference to answer one of your questions and use clues from the story.

Presentation Plan:

You are in charge of directing the conversation for your group, you should

*be sure that only the person with the talking stick is sharing ideas.

*everyone else is listening!

*share each question and have your group talk about the big ideas.

*Remember to make a prediction for your next reading.*

Connector It is your job to find connections between the book and another text/media or the world outside.

You are responsible to use your schema to make a connection within the story and illustrate

Your chart should look like this:

When I read the part about...

It reminded me of..

Words:

Words:

Illustrate:

Illustrate:

Presentation Plan:

When the Discussion Director invites you to participate, you should

*share your connections to other texts/media or world.

*Remember to make a prediction for your next reading.*

Your questions should start with

*“What if...” *“What would happen if...” *“Why do you think...” *“How did...” *“If...”