Name ____________________________________________

Group ____________________________________________
Book _____________________________________________

Discussion
Director

Assignment: page ________ to page ________

You are the Discussion Director. Your job is to write down a list of
questions that your group might want to discuss about this part of the book.
Dont worry about the small details. Your task is to help people talk over
the big ideas in the reading and share their reactions.

1. ____________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
4. What .... ____________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
5. How ....

____________________________________________

_______________________________________________________
6. If ....

____________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

Connecto
r

Name ____________________________________________
Group ____________________________________________
Book _____________________________________________
Assignment: page ________ to page ________
You are the Connector. Your job is to find connections between the story
your group is reading and the world outside. This means connecting the
reading to:
o your own life
o happenings at school
o similar events at other
times and places

o other books or stories

o other writings on the same
topic
o other writings by the same
author

There are no right answers here whatever the reading connects you with is
worth sharing. Please write in complete sentences and thoughts.

Some connections I found between this reading and other people, places,
events, authors .....

1. ____________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
4. _____________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
5. _____________________________________________________
________________________________________________________

Predicto
r

Name ____________________________________________
Group ____________________________________________
Book _____________________________________________
Assignment: page ________ to page ________
You are the Predictor. Your job is to make predictions about the next
section of the book based upon what you have read so far, the next chapter
titles, and any pictures that are available to view.
Use the following sentence starters to frame your predictions:
I think..........because..........
Ill bet..........because..........
I suppose..........because..........
I think I will learn..........because..........
Please make the following predictions for the following:
1. What will happen to the main character? ______________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
2. What will happen in the next chapter(s) of the book? ____________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
3. How will the problem in the book be solved? ____________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
When your group meets, share your predictions and why you think they
will happen. Ask the other members of your group if they agree with
your predictions or if they have another prediction of their own.

Summarize
r

Name ____________________________________________
Group ____________________________________________
Book _____________________________________________
Assignment: page ________ to page ________

You are the Summarizer. Your job is to prepare a brief summary of todays
reading. The other members of the group will be counting on you to give a
quick (1-2 minute) retelling about what the group was assigned to read today.
Use the lines below to jot down the main ideas and events that will help with
your summary.

_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
__

_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________

Name ____________________________________________
Group ____________________________________________
Book _____________________________________________

Word
Master

Assignment: page ________ to page ________

You are the Word Master. Your job is to look for special words in the story.
Words that are:
o
o
o
o

new
different
strange
funny

o interesting
o important
o hard

When you find a word that you want to talk about, write it down here.

WORD

PAGE

WHY I PICKED IT

_________

_______

__________________________
It means:

_________

_______

__________________________
It means:

_________

_______

__________________________
It means:

_________

_______

__________________________
It means:

When your group meets, talk about the words you have chosen. How did the
word fit into the story? Does anyone know what the word means?

Name ____________________________________________
Group ____________________________________________
Book _____________________________________________

Literary
Luminary

Assignment: page ________ to page ________

You are the Literary Luminary or Passage Finder. Your job is to find a few
parts of the story that you want read aloud to the group. The idea is to help
people remember some interesting, powerful, funny, puzzling, or important
parts of the story. You can read the parts yourself, ask someone else to
read them, or have people read them silently and then talk about them.
Possible reason for picking a passage to be shared are: important part,
surprising part, funny part, confusing part, informative part, controversial
part, well written part, or a thought provoking part.

Location

Reason for Picking

Plan for Reading

1-Page_____

___________________

________________

Paragraph___ ___________________

2-Page_____

___________________

________________

Paragraph___ ___________________

3-Page_____

___________________

________________

Paragraph___ ___________________

4-Page_____

___________________

________________

Paragraph___ ___________________

5-Page_____

___________________

Paragraph___ ___________________

________________

Name ____________________________________________
Group ____________________________________________
Book _____________________________________________

Artful
Artist

Assignment: page ________ to page ________

You are the Artful Artist or Illustrator. Your job is to draw anything about
the story hat you liked:
o
o
o
o

a character
the setting
a problem
an exciting part

o a surprise
o a prediction o what will
happen next
o anything else

Draw on the back of this page or on a bigger piece of paper if you need it.
Do any kind drawing or picture you like.
When your group meets, dont tell what your drawing is. Let them guess and
talk about it first. Then you can tell about it!