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Thursday, August 8, 2013
Module 10 - The Plain Janes by: Cecil Castellucci
PLOT:
A terrorist attack in Metro City forces
Jane and her parents to move to suburbia.
Jane is a teen that was a victim to this attack and helped save another
person who is called John Doe and is in a coma at the cities hospital. Forced to a fresh new start in a new high
school she makes friends with girls that are loners and rejects. However they are also named Jane, “Brain Jane”,
“Theatre Jane” and “Sporty Jane”. They
become good friends and start a group called P.L.A.I.N. This stands for People Loving Art in
Neighborhoods. The girls go around committing “art attacks” at night to try and
make the suburbs more cheerful since the terrorist attack left many people
scared. The Jane’s plan a ball dropping to celebrate New Year’s but things go
sour because the police are trying really hard to catch the group committing
these acts.
Castellucci, C. & Rugg, J. (2007). The plain Janes. New York, NY: DC
Comics.
IMPRESSION
OF THE BOOK:
I liked the story line it was simple and interesting. I really liked the different types of art
that they displayed. The art display
that I really liked the best is when the girls put hoodies and scarfs on the
fire hydrants. The other art display was
the messages in the bottles. They hung
bottles from a tree and put written messages inside the bottles. The messages were all different some said “Dance”,
“Hug” or just to express a great feeling by doing something. This book reminded me of the organized flash
mob dances that were occurring all over the different busy places a while
back. It was art and it was organized to
show some sort of emotion. I really
liked the way the teen girls united and worked together to do something fun. I honestly thought that everyone would show
up at the end to see the ball drop full of paint but it was sad that they
couldn’t leave the house party because the cops raided the party. I think the ball dropping would have really
brought joy to the city and to all the people there to symbolize a new year and
to try and forget the terrorist attack.
REVIEWS: The first entry in DC Comics new Minx line, Cecil Castellucci
& Jim Rugg's The Plain Janes is a well-intended piece of adolescent
lit whose modest charms threaten to be overwhelmed by its status as a
Significant Publishing Event: DC Comics' much-touted attempt at snagging the
long elusive tween- & teen-girl audience.
Janes' story is narrated by a city girl named Jane Beckles, who
survives a seemingly random terrorist bombing (writer Castellucci keeps the
details behind the attack vague, though an early visual reference to Orange
Alerts can't help but bring up thoughts of 9/11) as she's strolling past a
street-side café. Following this life-changing event, Jane dyes her hair black
and becomes a More Serious Person (though we're not really shown her past as a
frivolous blond). When her parents, freaked out by the newly perilous-seeming
city, move to suburban Kent Waters, our heroine has to find a new set of
friends as she's simultaneously working toward building a fresh identity.
She settles on a group of
"misfit" girls sitting together in the lunchroom: a bespectacled
science nerd, a pudgy drama type and a strapping girl jock – all of whom are
also named Jane (or a variation thereof). Though the threesome initially
rebuffs our girl's advances ("Even the reject table doesn't want to sit
with me," she grouses), Jane ultimately wins 'em over by proposing that
they band together as an Art Gang.
Her creation of this group, which
she calls P.L.A.I.N. for "People Loving Art in Neighborhoods," arises
from two moments that had occurred immediately after the bombing: the sighting
of a dandelion growing out of the sidewalk ("If that dandelion could
survive, so could I," Jane thinks) and her acquisition of an artist's
sketchbook dropped close to where she's fallen. On the sketchbook is the
legend, "Art Saves," and Jane takes this as her new personal credo.
With the other Janes, she creates works of guerilla art throughout the town of
Kent Waters, first being a trio of pyramids on the site of a proposed strip
mall: "The pyramids lasted thousands of years," the piece's poster
notes. "Do you think this strip mall will?"
Though Jane's stated intent is to
bring a moment of beauty into mundane suburban life, the response to the
P.L.A.I.N. Janes' work is decidedly mixed. To Jane's parents and the local
authorities, even something as harmless as an "art attack" serves as
a reminder of how tenuous their safety is. Instead of seeing the P.L.A.I.N.
statements for what they are – fairly obvious adolescent didacticism —
they react as if the terror alert's been just been upped. What started out as
an effort on Jane's part to bring a new sense of control to her life ("I
feel like I'm asking the world to keep me safe by making them pause just one
minute," she states) winds up sparking new terror fears throughout much of
the community.
Sherman, B. (2007).
[Review of the book The plain Janes, by
Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg]. Blogcritics.org.
Retrieved August 5, 2013, from http://blogcritics.org/graphic-novel-review-the-plain-janes/
USE
IN THE LIBRARY: For a book like this a book talk on
different Graphic Novels could be used. This
is a good book to introduce reluctant readers into a different type of book or
read. I would use this book and possibly
two others to show how many different types of Graphic Novels are available. I
would also show that the art is different once you get into Manga and Anime
series and stories.
Monday, August 5, 2013
Module 10 – The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by: Sherman Alexie
PLOT: Arnold
is a fourteen year old that was born with a brain disorder. He had surgery when he was an infant but he
was left with many physical problems, he had forty-two teeth, a big head, large
feet and was really skinny and lanky. His eyesight was also very bad and he had
to wear special glasses. He was born to an Indian family that lives on a reservation
located in Spokane, Washington. The
family along with everyone on the reservation is very poor. His father is a
drunk and his mother is an ex-drunk. His
older sister has been living in the basement for over 7 years until she decides
to run off and get married. Arnold also
known as Junior is always bullied and picked on by his peers and even by older people. He is constantly called a retard or a hydro, because
of his big head. One day at school,
sitting in Geometry class, he realizes that the school is so poor because the
textbook he gets has his moms name in it.
That meant that the text book was over 40 years old, out of anger he
throws the book at the teacher and breaks his nose. This teacher then decides to visit him at
home and has a heart to heart talk with him, somehow he convinces Arnold that
he has to get off the reservation and go to a better school. Arnold then realizes that he must make a
change if not he will just be sucked into the life of the reservation and never
become anything and eventually just die.
Arnold decides to transfer to Reardan High School that is over 22 miles
away from him and it is an all-white kid school. With the everyday struggles of getting to and
from school he doesn’t give up. Eventually,
he gains his place at the school and kids learn to respect him. Teachers are willing to help him and his
basketball coach even selects him to play on the varsity basketball team, even
though he was just a freshman. Faced with ridicule from the reservation and
seen as a traitor by many he learns to accept this and continue his dream of
wanting more out of life. The story takes a few turning points because his
grandmother, Eugene his father’s best friend and his sister all die in a span
of about 3 months. He sees his mother
pretty much fall apart and knowing they live in poverty and he has drunk for a
father, doesn’t help the situation. Arnold somehow shows courage and finishes
his first year at Reardan High School along with conquering many life
challenges.
Alexie, S. (2007). The absolutely true diary of a part-time indian. NewYork, NY:
Little Brown and Company.
IMPRESSION OF THE BOOK: This book was just absolutely awesome. I
really enjoyed reading this book. It was
hilarious, sad, witty, and you can’t help but to root for Arnold. Along with the quirky funny situations that
Arnold faces, this book is also very inspiring.
It just goes to show that if you really want something you will do it
and accomplish it. Arnold really wanted
to more than what he was getting at the reservation so at times he walked over
22 miles to go to an all-white school because he felt he had a better chance of
getting a better education and more opportunities would be available to him. At
the reservation he was constantly picked on and bullied and his only friend
Rowdy would be the only one to really defend him. When he transferred over to Reardan High
School (the all-white school) he had to prove that he wasn’t the wimp he was
known for and a little at a time kids learned to respect him. He started dating a really pretty girl named
Penelope and he even was the only freshman starter on the Varsity Basketball
team. There was a lot of positive
encouragement from his classmates, teachers and coach that allowed Arnold to
really see that he was someone and that he could make a difference. Now, you might ask what makes this book so
funny well one, Arnold is telling the story, and he doesn’t hold back in
talking about his experiences. One time
he actually described his masturbation in the bathroom and how he got an
erection because he hugged the counselor.
The way Rowdy and him talk to each other is just right down hilarious
because they really go off on each other.
There are some sad parts to this story because Arnolds grandmother, and
sister die and you see his suffering through his character. Also his dad’s best friend, Eugene dies
because he got in a drunken brawl with this friend and the friend shot him in
the face. Arnold really has to face many challenges in this book. He faces bullying, racism, poverty, death,
and he somehow manages to be heroic to his family, tribe and school. This book
is a great read and I really enjoyed it. I give this book two very big thumbs
up.
REVIEWS:
Kirkus Reviews starred (2007)Alexie nimbly blends sharp wit with unapologetic emotion in his first foray into young-adult literature. Fourteen-year-old Junior is a cartoonist and bookworm with a violent but protective best friend Rowdy. Soon after they start freshman year, Junior boldly transfers from a school on the Spokane reservation to one in a tiny white town 22 miles away. Despite his parents' frequent lack of gas money (they're a "poor-ass family"), racism at school and many crushing deaths at home, he manages the year. Rowdy rejects him, feeling betrayed, and their competing basketball teams take on mammoth symbolic proportions. The reservation's poverty and desolate alcoholism offer early mortality and broken dreams, but Junior's knowledge that he must leave is rooted in love and respect for his family and the Spokane tribe. He also realizes how many other tribes he has, from "the tribe of boys who really miss . . . their best friends" to "the tribe of tortilla chips-and-salsa lovers." Junior's keen cartoons sprinkle the pages as his fluid narration deftly mingles raw feeling with funny, sardonic insight. (Fiction. YA)
Kirkus Review. (2007).
[Review of the book The absolutely true
diary of a part-time indian, by Sherman Alexie]. Kirkus Reviews Issue. Retrieved August 5, 2013, from https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/sherman-alexie/the-absolutely-true-diary-of-a-part-time-indian/.
USE IN THE LIBRARY: This book is way too long to do a class lesson in the library so what I would do is put it in a display with other books that relate to this topic. The display could be called “Sex in the Library” and other books such as Crank, Forever, Shiver, The Perks of Being a Wild Flower and many more books. I think students especially my teens would really go hay wire over the display and want to check out the books.
Saturday, August 3, 2013
Module 9 – Crank by: Ellen Hopkins
PLOT:
Kristina who was once a great teenage
kid comes in contact with her worst, or should we say her best friend, “Crank”
(methamphetamine) or should we call it the “Monster”. Kristina who originally lives with her mother
and step-father has the ideal life of a teenager. Nice house, nice room and nice friends. Kristina is 16 years old when she goes to visit
her real father, whom she hasn’t seen in year, for three weeks and discovers
she has an alter ego named Bree. She quickly
realizes that her father is a dead beat drug user who works at a bowling
alley. He lives in a very nasty
apartment with not much furniture. However,
there is a neighborhood good looking teen boy, named Adam, who lives on the
first floor of the apartment complex and he begins to gain some interest in
Bree (Kristina) even though he has a girlfriend. Adam is to blame for Bree’s (Kristina)
addiction, he introduces her to drugs (crank) and she likes it. There are a couple of times that her father
joins in on the fun and gets high with her.
After the three weeks Kristina must return home and try to forget her
past, except her past is addicting and so is Bree’s life style. She quickly begins making new friends that
will join her in her monster addiction to crank. Kristina or Bree is faced with making very poor
choices because she gets raped and pregnant.
She decides to keep the baby but continues with an inner struggle of wanting
crank and Bree in her life.
Hopkins, E., (2004). Crank. NewYork, NY: Simon Pulse.IMPRESSION OF THE BOOK: I really liked this book because of the way it was written. Crank is a verse novel and is an easy, quick but detailed story. I was really into this read. At times I wanted to reach into the book and knock some sense into Kristina’s character but I know that is impossible. Bree is the alter ego who takes over Kristina’s perfect life. Bree’s character is braver when talking to boys and making careless and life threatening choices. Some of the parts that are pretty gruesomely detailed are how she feels when she is totally high. Bree describes the feelings when she gets high for the first time. She states “Fire! Your nose ignites, flameless kerosene (and some say Drano) laced with ephedrine you want to cry powdered demons bite through cartilage and sinuses, take dead aim at your brain, jump inside want to scream troops of tapping at your feet fall into rhythm, marking time right between your eyes… through arteries and capillaries, pulsing, rushing, raging torrents pounding against your heart.” This type of description is throughout the entire book. It is very detailed and if you have never tried drugs then this could be one of the great descriptions of what it feels like and what the consequences are when doing drugs. Every time Bree gets high she describes different feelings because she gets involved with stronger drugs than just cocaine. She tries meth, ecstasy and many laced drugs to get a higher effect. Towards the end of the book you find out she is pregnant due to a rape situation. This is where I totally want reach in the book and slap some sense into this character. She decides she will keep the baby and fight the monster but the monster wins a few times. She tries really hard to stay clean for a few months but after having the baby she really can’t handle being a mom because of the crying and needs of the baby, and you just know that she will go back to using drugs. The author does a great job leaving you curious as to what Kristina will do so you have to read the next book, Glass to find out.
REVIEWS:
Kirkus Reviews (2004)
Hypnotic
and jagged free verse wrenchingly chronicles 16-year-old Kristina's addiction
to crank. Kristina's daring alter ego, Bree, emerges when "gentle clouds
of monotony" smother Kristina's life-when there's nothing to do and no one
to connect with. Visiting her neglectful and druggy father for the first time
in years, Bree meets a boy and snorts crank (methamphetamine). The rush is
irresistible and she's hooked, despite a horrible crank-related incident with
the boy's other girlfriend. Back home with her mother, Kristina feels both
ignored and smothered, needing more drugs and more boys-in that order. One boy
is wonderful and one's a rapist, but it's crank holding Bree up at this point.
The author's sharp verse plays with spacing on the page, sometimes providing
two alternate readings. In a too brief wrap-up, Kristina keeps her baby (a
product of rape) while Hopkins-realistically-offers no real conclusion.
Powerful and unsettling. (author's note) (Fiction. YA)
Kirkus Review. (2004).
[Review of the book Crank, by Ellen
Hopkins]. Kirkus Reviews Issue. Retrieved August 3, 2013, from https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/ellen-hopkins/crank/
USE
IN THE LIBRARY: This would be a good book to create a
display in the library during Drug Awareness Week. I would use along with other books to promote
how drugs can really damage the body and mind.
Module 9 – Dinosaurs Before Dark by: Mary Pope Osborne
PLOT:
This time travel story starts with Jack and Annie who are brother and sister
walking home from school one day. As
they are walking through the woods close to their home they come across a tree
house with a very long rope ladder.
Annie decides to climb up and her brother Jack follows, to their
surprise they find lots of books. Jack
begins to look through the books and realizes that there is even a book about Frog
Creek, Pennsylvania, that’s where they live.
Jack begins to flip through a book about dinosaurs and he carelessly
makes a wish about wanting to see a flying Pteranodon. All of a sudden the tree house begins to spin
and the adventure begins. They end up
traveling through time and end up in the Cretaceous period where dinosaurs roam
the land. They begin to explore the land
and they come across several different types of dinosaurs including a Tyrannosaurus
(T-Rex). They realize that a T-Rex is a meat eater and they make it back to the
tree house without getting caught by the T-Rex.
Annie manages to make it to the tree house but Jack is left behind. With the help of Annie and the Pteranodon Jack
makes it safe back to the tree house and they quickly make a wish to return to
Frog Creek, Pennsylvania. When they
return back home it’s as if time froze and they returned back to the same time
they left. They make a promise not to tell anyone about their adventure because
they don’t think anyone would believe them anyways. They soon hear their mother calling out for
them and they go home.
Osborne, M.P., (1992). Dinosaurs before dark. New York: Random House.
IMPRESSION
OF THE BOOK: This
is a really cute book for kids from about 6-9 years old. There is plenty of excitement and adventure
to keep kids returning back for more stories about the Magic Tree House. My favorite part of this book was when they
landed back in time and they actually made contact with the dinosaurs. Annie, who is a very brave and a trusting
young girl has a way with the dinosaurs and gets the opportunity to pet the
Pteranodon. Jack who is more reserved
and likes to take notes is much more precautious. Annie literally goes up to the Pteranodon and
she feels that she can trust the dinosaur and the dinosaur can trust her. They also get to see a triceratops eating magnolia
flowers and gigantic duck-billed dinosaur with her baby eggs hatching. A really funny part is when the two kids get
to close to the duck billed dinosaur nests and the kids fall to the ground and
pretend they are chewing because big momma dinosaur is right above them. They slowly crawl out of that situation to
come in contact with a T-Rex. Another
part of the story that really shows that Annie can communicate with the
dinosaurs is when she tells the Pteranodon to rescue her brother and bring him
back to the tree house before T-Rex eats him.
Without the help of Annie and the Pteranodon Jack would have been eaten
up alive, by the T-Rex. This part of the
book is exciting and will really get kids wanting to finish the story. Overall, I think this book is really cute and
this series will have kids wanting to know what other adventures Jack and Annie
get into.
REVIEWS:
Kirkus Reviews (1992)
In
classic E. Nesbit tradition, Jack's wishes go awry while he and his sister
Annie, seven, are time traveling. Reluctantly followed by her eight-year-old
brother, Annie enters a mysterious treehouse full of books. Examining a
dinosaur book, Jack blurts, "I wish I could see a pteranodon for
real"--whereupon one flies in, with a rushing wind. Like Dorothy and Toto,
they're blown to a land of adventure: the treehouse takes them to the
Cretaceous Period, where they meet a triceratops and a duck-billed dinosaur and
find a gold medallion engraved "M." Elation gives way to terror when
a tyrannosaur shows up; Annie escapes, but Jack is cut off while retrieving his
pack and the book. Just in time, the pteranodon flies him back to the
treehouse, and a hasty wish spins them safely home, to ponder several
questions: Whose treehouse? Why all the books? Who is "M"? In the
"First Stepping Stone" series, this initial "Magic Tree
House" book is a fast-paced tale offering both mystery and dinosaurs--powerful
enticements for newly independent readers. Illustrations not seen.
Kirkus Review. (1992).
[Review of the book Dinosaurs before dark,
by Mary Pope Osborne]. Kirkus Reviews
Issue. Retrieved August 3, 2013, from
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/mary-pope-osborne/dinosaurs-before-dark/
USE
IN THE LIBRARY:
This is a great book to create a science lesson about dinosaurs. However, since I don’t have the time needed
to read the entire book in one class sitting I would do a book challenge. I would create a book challenge display and do
a quick 30 second book talk about this book and I would have crossword puzzles,
word searches and other kinds of puzzles and challenge kids to read the book and
solve a puzzle for a prize. My display would be called “Book Challenge Puzzle
for a Prize” and I could even team up with teachers and ask if they would be
willing to give a student some extra credit points if they took on the
challenge of reading the book and solving a puzzle.
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Module 8 – Room One a Mystery or Two by: Andrew Clements
PLOT:
Ted
Hammond lives in a very small town located in Plattsford, Nebraska. The population is rapidly declining and there
is only a one room school house for the entire town. But that could soon close down. Even though
the school is small Ted has managed to hook himself to reading mystery and
detective stories. He loves to read books and tries to solve the mystery before
he finishes the books. Ted has many chores he lives on farm 3 miles from town
and he drives his bicycle to get around from place to place. Along with his farm chores he also has a
paper route. He delivers his newspapers
early in the morning before school. One
day he was riding past an abandoned farm house when he sees a young girl in the
window. Ted begins to wonder why there
is someone in this abandoned home and he feels there is something mysterious
going on. He can’t help but to try and
investigate the situation. As he begins
his adventure he soon finds out that it is a family of three that are
struggling to get to Colorado. It is a
mother and two kids. The girl he saw in
the window is April. As he begins to
learn about their situation he also tried to help them by bringing them food
and water. He knows he cannot help the family on his own
so he turns to his teacher and his mother for help. In the end the family gets
to their final destination and Ted is ready to move on to the next mystery.
Clements, A. (2006). Room one a mystery or two. New York: Scholastic Inc.
IMPRESSION
OF THE BOOK: This
is a good book for the middle school student.
It has a combination of both genders and any student who likes mystery
would really enjoy this book. I like the
book because it also has room for generosity. There are kids and people that
are willing to help others and their own expense. In the book there is chapter
that devotes to Ted being generous to the stranded family. He goes and he buys food out of his own
savings and takes the food to them not expecting payment in return. He knows that this family needs help and he
is willing to do whatever it takes to help them. The mother even tells Ted that
it is okay to help people. There is
another part in the book where the mother tells Ted that if a family really
needed help they could house them in the guest house they would share whatever
little food they had with the family in need.
I also like that way Ted’s character is very honest and
trustworthy. When he turns to his
teacher for help Ted makes her promise not to say anything and for a brief
moment he thinks she betrayed that promise.
Turns out that she didn’t and she explained that to him. It’s important to know that kids seek people
they can trust and when that trust is breached it really hurts the kids. In the book when Ted thinks that he was
betrayed by his teacher he began to think that maybe he should of lied instead
of telling the truth. This book is a great example of honesty, loyalty, trustworthiness
all wrapped up in a great mystery story.
REVIEWS: Kirkus Reviews (June 1, 2006)
Sixth-grader
Ted Hammond, who loves a good mystery, finds one in real life when he sees a
face in the window of an abandoned farmhouse while on his paper route.
Befriending the homeless family of a fallen Iraq War soldier he discovers
hiding there has surprising consequences, including helping his one-room school
stay open. This engaging middle-grade mystery is nicely up-to-date but set in a
kinder, gentler and rapidly disappearing world. Not only is Ted responsible
about delivering papers on his bicycle every morning and doing his farm chores
in the afternoon, he was a Boy Scout until the scoutmaster moved away, and he
takes his Scout Law seriously. Like the boy, his Plattsburg, Neb., community is
genuinely generous, willing to open their arms and pocketbooks to welcome the
family. Once again, Clements offers readers an intelligent protagonist,
trustworthy adults, an interesting school situation and a real-life problem in
a story that moves swiftly enough even for reluctant readers. (Fiction. 8-12)
Kirkus Review. (2006).
[Review of the book Room one a mystery or
two, by Andrew Clements]. Kirkus Reviews Issue. Retrieved
July 31, 2013, from https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/andrew-clements/room-one/
USE IN THE LIBRARY: I would use this book in a book
talk and really express the “Note taking” part. After my book talk I would
explain to students how important it is to take accurate notes about factual
information. I would be prepared to have
a person from the school walk to the library for a few minutes have them take
something off my desk and then have them leave.
Without the students knowing I would tell them to take out a piece of paper
and have the students write about everything they saw and then we would discuss
it. I would then have that same person
come in to compare what students wrote to see how accurate they were.
Module 8 – Cam Jansen and the Snowy Day Mystery by: David A. Adler
PLOT:
One snowy day causes
chaos at school. Lots of traffic keeps
the bus from dropping off the students on time.
As the students are waiting to get dropped off Cam and her friends start
playing the memory game and Cam begins to “click” away at the different things
she sees. Once they get dropped off they make it to their class to get settled
in. Annoyed by a student by the name of
Danny they all head off to their computers stations, but come to find out three
of them are missing. The mystery is on,
who took the computers? Cam has a great
memory so she begins to piece the different clues about the break in and helps
the police officers solve the mystery of the missing computers.
Adler, D., (2004). Cam Jansen and the snowy day mystery. New York, NY: Penguin Group.
IMPRESSION
OF THE BOOK: This
is a cute story for elementary readers this is a book that both boy and girls
could read. It has great suggestions on
how to learn to observe details. Books
like this can really inspire students to look out for details and can help them
with literacy. I liked the way that Cam
looks at all the details because she’s able piece the different details and
come up with a logical explanation. For
example, she realizes that the robbers were not able to break in through the
window even though they saw the footsteps in the snow outside the window. She quickly figures out that there had to be
two people involved in the robbery. The
two crooks worked together by having one person in the inside and the other person
outside by the window so that he could carry the items to the car. She also remembers her “click” memory game
and that is how she puts all the pieces together to solve the mystery of the
stolen computers.
REVIEWS: Cam Jansen Adventure series. Girl detective Cam Jansen calls upon her photographic memory yet again. This time, she and sidekick Eric are on the trail of two computer thieves. The mystery itself is run-of-the-mill, but Danny, an annoying class clown, tags along on the case, cracking bad jokes that will resonate with the elementary-school crowd. Black-and-white illustrations accompany the chapters.
YOUNGER
FICTION. (2005, Spring). [Review of the book Cam Jansen and the snowy day mystery, by David Adler]. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/207549875?accountid=7113
USE
IN THE LIBRARY: This
is a great book to discuss the genre of “Mystery”. I would use this book to explain the
characteristics of mystery to elementary students. I would pull out reading excerpts from the
book to show clues, crime, details and solutions so that students could
understand what a mystery book entails. I would also play the memory game with
the students to see how many can remember what the other person is wearing.
Some of the questions I would ask regarding the book are as follows:
· Find some examples of factual information that the author has
included that informs the reader even though the story is fiction.
· Why is it important to get the facts right?
· Name some situations where correct or exact facts are especially
important. (For example, when following a recipe or conducting a science
experiment.)
· What happens when people "jump to conclusions?"
· Why do you think Cam always closes her eyes when she says,
"Click?"
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