Passage Picker

Name: __________________________________ Date: _____________

Title of the book/story/chapter _____________________________________________

Reading Assignment: Chapter __________  Page ______ to _____________________

Outline of Responsibilities

  • Your job is to find special sections of the text that you would like to reread. The point is to identify interesting, funny, puzzling or important sections of the chapter that you just read. You can include passages, sentences, and phrases, words that paint pictures or create strong feelings.
  • Share you passage with your group by reading together orally as a group, reading it to the group, or asking a group member to read the passage.
Location Reason for Sharing Methods of Sharing
1. Page #___ Paragraph # ______ . .
2  Page #___ Paragraph # ______ . .
3. Page #___ Paragraph # ______ . .
4. Page #___ Paragraph # ______ . .
5. Page #___ Paragraph # ______ . .

 

Examples :

  • This was important because…..
  • Good description, colourful language, special technique for telling the story
  • This was a fun way of saying …..

 
 
Check list for the Passage Picker
_____ Chapter or page numbers are filled in 
______ My work is neat. 
______ I used different reasons for sharing. 
_____ I used all three methods for sharing. 
______ I’ve checked for mechanics 
______ C - capital letters 
______ O - overall organization of the page 
______ P - punctuation 
______ S - spelling
Self Evaluation 
Rate yourself on a scale of 1 to 5 

How well did you prepare? _____ 
 

How well did you particpate? _____

Examples Main

Best Practices: Pieces of the Puzzle

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