“## Pausing Point 2 Choice Board **The Wind in the Willows** Choose **at least 3 activities** to show what you have learned. Try to choose activities from different rows! | Reading Response | Vocabulary and Word Work | Writing and Creativity | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Character Snapshot**: Choose a character from the recent chapters. Draw them and write 3 character traits. Use evidence from the story to support each trait. | **Word Detective**: Choose 5 vocabulary words from recent lessons. Write each word, its meaning, and a sentence that shows its meaning. | **Diary Entry**: Write a diary entry as Mole, Rat, Toad, or Badger. Explain an important event from the story and how the character felt. | | **Beginning Middle End**: Retell an important chapter or event using three sections: beginning, middle, and end. | **Literal or Nonliteral?**: Write 4 literal phrases and 4 nonliteral phrases. Draw a line to match each nonliteral phrase with what it really means. | **New Adventure**: Write a new adventure for the friends. Include a setting, a problem, and a solution. | | **Theme Finder**: Choose a theme from the story, such as friendship, responsibility, or courage. Explain how two characters show that theme. | **Verb Sort**: Make a chart with 10 verbs from your reading or your own ideas. Sort them into regular and irregular verbs. Add the past tense of each verb. | **Comic Strip**: Create a 4–6 box comic strip showing an important event. Include dialogue and a caption for each box. | **Challenge Choice:** Create a “Character Advice Card” for Toad. Write three pieces of advice that could help him make better choices, and explain why each piece of advice would help.”