Reading Circle - Week 1

WEEK 1

TITLE OF THE BOOK	The Boy From Nowhere
PEOPLE IN THE GROUP	Angelica, Robertanna, Fatai, Vililatai
ROLES:	Angelica(Discussion Director) Robertanna(Wild and Crazy Word Finder) Fatai(Summary Director) Vililatai(Selection Director)
DISCUSSION DIRECTOR Write four to six questions about what you have just read. These questions will be used for group discussion during the next reading session. Think about the question helpers in the box below. Who? What? Where? When? Why? How? Details? Inferred? What if? Opinion?	Angelica - Who are the characters? John-paul, Claire, Paul, Liz, Stephen, Stephen’s Mum and Granny. What happened? John Paul and Claire find a radio in their loft They turn it on and hear different voices speaking. They become suspicious and wonder who’s talking. How did the characters feel most of the time? Confused, Scared & Curious Where did the chapter take place or where was it located? Home/ John-Paul’s bedroom/ Kitchen and the loft. How did this investigation start? JP &C look around in the loft for things they could sell in their garage sale. While they search they come across this unfamiliar radio. JP turns on the radio and something strange happens. The investigation begins.
WORD FINDER DIRECTOR Find four to six interesting, powerful or tricky words from today's reading. Write them below along with the page number. Use flags to mark those words. You will be asked to share those words during our next guided reading meeting.	Vehemently -12 angry manner “I hate toby” the boy said vehemently Antique-10 a piece of furniture that will have high values old people like old things. this might be antique Vaguely-10 not clearly understood and said. “OH” said Claire vaguely Manoeuvring-9 an action requiring physical movement Manoeuvring it through the kitchen and up the stairs Dubious- 7 hesitation or doubt John-paul was dubious Plaintively- 11 expressing sorrow,mournful a boy asked plaintively
Selection Director Pick the most interesting part to read to your group during our next guided reading meeting. WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THIS PART	Selection Director - Vililatai Book Title: The Boy From Nowhere, Chapter One. Pages to read: Whole Chapter/ Pages 7 to 20 WHY ? To understand the whole story from beginning to end you must read and understand the first chapter to make your way through the book and to have a fair idea of what the story is about.
Summary Director Write two to three paragraphs summarizing the chapter or today's reading. Use the chart that guides you through summarizing. Summary Director - Fatai Today’s Date: Thursday 26th April 2012	This chapter summarises how John-Paul and Claire find a radio in their loft. When John turned on the radio a strange voice came out. John became suspicious and curious. He wanted to keep on listening, so he hurried to his room with the radio calling his sister Claire to come with him. They listened and listened. More voices came out. A name Stephen was mentioned. Claire was getting abit scared. Later on in the day John and Claire’s parents arrived back home. John and Claire tried to convince their parents to listen but they’ll just say no. Eventually Liz(mother) tells her husband to spare a few minutes. They all listen. A voice cries out “St-eee-phen, St-eeeeee-phen”! The family becomes scared and wonders who owns this radio and if this is just a game or not one.