Word Wall Words & Such

Word Wall Words & Such

Hold a note-card horizontally and do the following

1. Choose at least ten important words to your text. They don’t have to be vocabulary, but significant.

2. Literary Luminary: Choose five good passages and write them out, signifying the page number.

3. Questioner: Ask at least five significant questions that will get the reader excited about the text without giving away the ending.

4. Predictor: List five predictions you made along the way.

Word Wall: Senses

Word Wall Three: Senses 

1. There are five senses. Touch, taste, sight, smell, and sound. Think about the story and what dominates each of these senses.

2. Hold a note-card horizontally and place the name of the sense (1/2” thick or so) on top

3. Go through the book and discuss ways to verbalize those senses as you think would describe appropriately.

4. Write that description on the middle of the card

5. Be sure you include at least one idea from each individual in the group.

Word Wall: Places

Word Wall: Places 

1. List all of the significant places below, followed by some page numbers they are described on and a physical description

2. Hold a note-card vertically and write the name of the place (1/2” thick or so) on top

3. Go through magazines and tear/cut out pictures of places you think would represent those settings appropriately.

4. Glue these pictures on the middle of the card

5. On the bottom of the card, write a brief description of the setting’s role in the story. A sample will be passed around.