Thin Questions vs Thick Questions

Not all questions are the same. One way of describing them are "thin" and "thick." A thin question is a fact question while a thick question makes you think deeper and often do some inferring.You can find the answer to a thin questions just by looking at your text. The answer to a thick question comes from your brain (you have to think of it).

Think of one "thin" and one "thick" question about Missing on Superstition Mountain and write it in the comments below.

Group Questions

1:40
Why have so many people died on Superstition Mountain?
Did someone do all of this? Does he live close?
Were the skulls close the "No Trespassing" sign?
Are the skulls someone from the booklet?

2:05
Why did the man from the library suggest these books?
Why is the page torn out of the booklet?
What will they find when they go back to Superstition Mountain?
Will there be other bones on the mountain?
Were the skulls decapitated?

If you think of any more, add them into the Comment section!

Character Traits continued

Pick 3 of your favorite traits you listed yesterday. You are going to be describing, using examples from the text to support your answer, how your character has shown each of those traits.

Example:
Henry is a show off. He likes to use big words like precarious and cannibalism to show how smart he is even thought he knows his brothers may not know what those words mean.

Character Traits

Character traits are words you can use to describe a person (real or fictional). There are so-so character traits like happy, sad, mad, smart, lazy. And there are much better character traits like jovial, intelligent, suspicious, determined.

Create a list of character traits that describe the character you have been focused on. In your post be sure to include the character's name!

Characters

While reading Chapter 3, choose one character to focus on. Why is he doing the things he does? What is his personality like? How does he interact with other characters? Give examples from the book (Chapters 1-3) to support your thinking.

Questions

Share a few questions you thought of during your reading today.

What thoughts do you have after previewing our book?

Tell the group about questions you have, things you noticed, predictions you made, and anything else you are thinking! Be sure to use complete sentences!

To post:

1. Click on "Comments"
2. Type your thoughts into the window that opens.
3. Click where it says "Comment as" and choose "URL/Name"
4. Type your name and click Continue.
5. You must click Publish or your comment will be erased!

How will our group be successful?