Purpose

Our Virtual Literary Circle Project purposes' is to promote the use of digital tools and resourses for learning. Our author study will focus on elements of literay works of Robert Munchs' collection.



We chose the author Robert Munch because he writes about and exaggerates real life situations. He is a funny author uses and incorporates high frequency words throughout his stories. The three books we decided to look at “Stephanie’s Ponytail,” “I have to go” and “The Paper Bag Princess.”



We were able to view the stories on Tumblebooks.com. It is an interactive e-library that is available to schools for a subscription price. This will definitely help ELL’s because the stories are read to them and there is slight animation. There is also an option with language choices: English, French, and Spanish. It is customizable for K-3 but can also be extended and differentiated for 4th grade. Each story has a choice for an accelerated version. This really highlights the need for differentiation for each student.



There they also have activities that correlate with each story. For example, in “The Paper Bag Princess” there is a game where the student needs to match the sentence to the correct picture. For the story, “I have to go” there is a word search game where the students type in their responses. They can also print out a word search puzzle to work on later. For “Stephanie’s Ponytail” the students can take a quiz to test their comprehension skills.



Having a Virtual Literary Circle will enhance and encourage student participation during "Book Club" and in partnership work.

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

"I have to go" - First Question...

Some important parts of Robert Munsch's "I have to go" were when Andrew got into the car and decided that he had to pee. Another important part of the story was when Andrew wet his bed because he didn't go to the bathroom earlier.

What do you think are the important parts of the story?
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Robert Munsch's Literature Circle Group Book Report


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Connection to “Stephanie’s Ponytail”

Connection to “Stephanie’s Ponytail”

In my experience my sister always tries to play the “Copycat Game” I personally think is annoying!!!!

Also Stephanie’s seems to be a leader who wants to be notice on her own accord. I like this because she does not follow any ones behavior or actions but she rather is the one who is completely DIFFRERENT.
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The Reporter Decided:

It's important to be original. If everyone was the same the world would be a very BORING place. It's like eating peanut butter and jelly for lunch everyday. It gets old real quick!
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Stephanie's Ponytail - Next Question...

I really enjoyed reading the story. I learned a very good lesson because the book taught me to be my own person and not copy other people. I thought Stephanie was a very strong character. She made her own choices and did not copy other people. She was funny in the end of the story when she tricked her classmates and her teacher into shaving their heads.


How do you feel about the story? How do you feel about Stephanie?
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Stephanie's Ponytail - Vocabulary Words

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Stephanie's Ponytail - First Question...

Stephanie's Ponytail by Robert Munsch is a story about a girl who keeps changing her ponytail in order to be different from her classmates who are copying her. What do you think the main idea of the story is? Do you agree with me or disagree with me?

What are some important words that we need to learn for Stephanie's Ponytail?
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