Task:
1. Draw any picture you like about your reading today.
2. When it is your turn, show the team your drawing and ask
each person to talk about it.
3. After everyone has had a say, you explain in detail to your
team what your picture means and why you chose to draw
it.
Tips for Illustrators
- As a great illustrator you draw something about the story or how you feel about what has been happening so far.
- You might draw a character, a place, a problem, a prediction about the story or something the story reminds you of.
- You may want to draw something that the text reminds you of in your like or in the life of someone you know.
- Connection -
- Text - Text
- Text - Self
- Text - World
Task:
1. Your task is to get your team talking about the book you are reading.
2. You need to think of questions to discuss at your team meeting.
3. Write the questions in your exercise book.
4. In discussion time encourage your team member to talk about their reading
and share their feelings.
Tips for Discussion Managers
- Ask mostly 'fat questions'. here are some possible questions
- What do you think about...
- happening?
- Describe what (character or setting) looks like?
- How did you feel as you read this part?
- Why do you think...?
- Do you know anyone like...?
- Has this ever happened to you?
Code Breaker
Tips for Code Breakers
Talk about some good reading tactics you used today.
You could look for words or groups of words that:
You could look for words or groups of words that:
- are puzzling;
- help you see pictures in your head;
- remind you of something or someone you know;
- are tricky to pronounce;
- have unusual spelling;
- have the same sound or letter pattern;
- have the same base word/prefixes;
- mean the same (synonyms);
- have the same number of syllables or sounds.
Code Breaker's Task
- You talk about how you worked out tricky words.
- You find interesting words and write them.
- Discuss the words with you group.
- You might write down the page numbers, so your team members can help you work out the words that you are not sure of.
Investigator
Tips for Investigator
You might ask your team-mates if story is like, or not like, real life.
Is the story fair?
You might ask what the story would be like if the main character was a boy not a girl or vice versa?
Talk about why the author wrote this text. What is the author's point of view?
You might find examples of stereotypes or bias. Try to find the words the author uses to convince you.
You could ask how the story might be different form another point of view.
Talk about what the author wants you to believe about the characters.
Is the story fair?
You might ask what the story would be like if the main character was a boy not a girl or vice versa?
Talk about why the author wrote this text. What is the author's point of view?
You might find examples of stereotypes or bias. Try to find the words the author uses to convince you.
You could ask how the story might be different form another point of view.
Talk about what the author wants you to believe about the characters.
Investigator's Task
- You try and 'get inside the author's head' to find out why parts of the story are included.
- You find out why not everyone agrees about a story.
- You are always wondering why parts of the story are included.
- You think about why the author chose particular words or phrases.
- You help your team notice the most interesting or exciting or puzzling parts of the reading.
- Write your questions or ideas. Note the page number and write why you chose the parts.