Book Summary by Miss Mott's Class:
Every year, the church puts on a Christmas Pageant. All of the children dreaded being in the pageant because it was always the same...that is until now.
Mrs. Armstrong, the usual director of the play, broke her leg and was unable to organize the pageant. Mother was left in charge. The Herdman's, a poor family with bad manners,ended up with the lead roles. None of the Herdman's had ever heard of the Christmas story before. They had never gone to church or read the Bible.
Play practices were a disaster. Nothing went right, but Mother was determined to make the pageant the best Christmas pageant ever, even if the Herdmans did have the lead roles.
The pageant ended up being the best one ever. Everyone said so. It was not perfect...Imogene burped baby Jesus, Gladys hollered her lines, and the wiseman brought Jesus a ham. What made the pageant special was that it was different. Imogene's tears, the lessons learned, and the change in the Herdman's behavior revealed what Christmas is all about.
Character Blabbers:
Our class created Blabbers to tell about the main characters in our story. You can make your own Blabber on http://blabberize.com/
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Frindle by Andrew Clements
Book Summary by Becky:
Nick created a new word for a pen. He called it a frindle. Nick got all of his friends to use the word frindle. The English teacher, Mrs. Granger, told them not to use the word frindle. She made several kids stay after school because they said the word frindle. Parents were mad, and the principal visited Nick's home.
A reporter heard about the word frindle and put a story in the newspaper. Soon the word frindle spread across the country. Nick was even on TV! Kids everywhere started calling a pen a frindle.
Ten years later, when Nick was in college, Nick's word frindle was entered in the Webster's Dictionary. Mrs. Granger sent him a copy of the dictionary and a letter telling him how proud she was of him.
Frindle Mania:
Check out these cool frindles designed by our students.
BubbleShare: Share photos - Find great Clip Art Images.
Interview with Nick:
Our class made up interview questions for Nick, the main character in our story. Listen to find out what Nick has to say.
Interview 1_ Victoria, Faith, Joe.wav -
Interview 2.wav -
Interview 3.wav -
Build Your Own Dictionary:
Our classs had a chance to create our own words like Nick. Click the link to see some of the words that we made up: http://www.wordcentral.com/byod/byod_index.php
Nick created a new word for a pen. He called it a frindle. Nick got all of his friends to use the word frindle. The English teacher, Mrs. Granger, told them not to use the word frindle. She made several kids stay after school because they said the word frindle. Parents were mad, and the principal visited Nick's home.
A reporter heard about the word frindle and put a story in the newspaper. Soon the word frindle spread across the country. Nick was even on TV! Kids everywhere started calling a pen a frindle.
Ten years later, when Nick was in college, Nick's word frindle was entered in the Webster's Dictionary. Mrs. Granger sent him a copy of the dictionary and a letter telling him how proud she was of him.
Frindle Mania:
Check out these cool frindles designed by our students.
BubbleShare: Share photos - Find great Clip Art Images.
Interview with Nick:
Our class made up interview questions for Nick, the main character in our story. Listen to find out what Nick has to say.
Interview 1_ Victoria, Faith, Joe.wav -
Interview 2.wav -
Interview 3.wav -
Build Your Own Dictionary:
Our classs had a chance to create our own words like Nick. Click the link to see some of the words that we made up: http://www.wordcentral.com/byod/byod_index.php
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