Reading+Roles


 * These are the roles our reading group will share while reading __The Big Wave__: [[image:inspector_gadget.jpg width="190" height="167"]]**

1. __**Textinator**__ (2)- This person is responsible for finding at least one of each of the following: a text to text connection (this book to another book), a text to self connection, and a text to world connection. 3-4 connections minimum (tell what type of connection). 2. __**Word Dude**__ (2)- This person is responsible for finding any difficult words in the text that Mrs. Carroll did not already find. He/she is responsible for giving the dictionary definition. Include page numbers. 10 words minimum. 3. __**Peeps Guys**__ (2)- This person is responsible for identifying each character in the book. For each character, the "Peeps Guy" should give us external and internal characteristics. IF a character changes his or her appearance or undergoes an internal change (change in emotion, thoughts, etc.), the "Peeps Guy" should update the CHANGES. 5 characters minimum. 4. __**Location Loco**__ (2)-This person is responsible for giving a detailed description of the different settings in the book. Please include place and TIME (including what clues make you believe the story takes place in a certain time). 5. __**Literary Larry**__ (2)- This person is responsible for finding different literary devices in the book. Examples are: metaphors, similes, alliteration, hyperbole, personification, cliffhanger. Include page numbers and label the type of device - ex. alliteration - smooth sea. p. 12. 10 devices minimum. 6 __**Cactus Conflict**__ (2)- This person is responsible for identifying all the conflicts in the text (man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. society, man vs. self).