Maniac Magee

Squee...? “It was a dark and stormy night…” “aw come on that’s so clique” my friend Zack said as he interrupted my story, and all of the sudden, as I was about to reply, we heard my mom’s dog whimpering as if the dog saw an unholy demonic creature crawling at the dog at the speed of light. Zack and I became afraid, we both knew that my mom’s dog, Bigge, isn’t afraid of nothing, as Bigge would be a cold blooded killer, that would kill anyone that he doesn’t know. Zack was curious, but I was…

I think that maniac magee is a problem solver because of 3 simple facts First off maniac magee know’s that in in everyday life you need to read or write. Stated in the text it says “ so why don't you go ahead and teach me how to read.” To write you need to read so I think that maniac is a problem solver because he helped Grayson because he taught Garyson to read and slowly after that comes writing. Grayson needed help so maniac stepped in and helped Second maniac is a problem solver because…

indicated that Maniac was looking for friends, possibly a family. Another example of Maniac’s search was on page 29. The novel stated that Maniac had a name, “But not an address. At least not an official one, with numbers.” It also stated that “What he did have was the deer shed at the Elmwood Park Zoo, which is where he slept his first few nights in town.” This showed Maniac’s desperation for a place to stay. Thirdly, on page 44, after given his new friend Amanda Beale’s room, Maniac Magee…

My Father’s Dragon is a story told from the viewpoint of a son describing a heroic adventure of his father as a young boy. The father meets an alley cat who describes how he can rescue a sad baby dragon trapped on Wild Island. With the help of the cat and quick thinking, his father is prepared to meet the wild beasts of the island. This book would be fantastic in a 3rd-grade lesson about sequencing and inferencing. The students can describe context clues and follow the timeline of the story to…

DiCamillo, K. (2002). Because of Winn-Dixie. New York: Scholastic. Interest Level Grades: Third grade - Fifth grade Genre: Realistic fiction Summary: Ten year old, India Opal Buloni's mother walked out on her seven years ago. Ever since she left questions have been spinning through her head about what her mother was like. One thing always stays the same that she will never forget he mother. Her father and her decided to move to Naomi, Florida, and things begin to change. She befriends a…