Archive for the 'Halloween' Category

Ghost Eye Tree by Bill Martin, Jr. and Night in the Barn by Faye Gibbons

Schema: full moon, walking outside at night Text-to-Self Connection: mind runs free, letting our imaginations run wild Text-to-Text Connection: Both books are about kids who are outside at night with a full moon. Compare and Contrast: Similarities:  In both books the kids are out after dark, and in both, they are a little afraid of [...]

Heckedy Peg by Audrey Wood

Schema: stranger danger Sequencing: Days of the week are the names of the children. Sequence four events that move the story forward. Cause and Effect: Because the children let a stranger in, they were turned into food. Drawing Conclusions: The mother asks each child what they would like from the store.  When a witch turns [...]

Frankie Stein by Lola M. Schaefer

Schema: Frankenstein, Halloween, having a new baby in the family Point of View: The story is told from a monster family’s point of view.  From the parents’ point of view, Frankie is the scariest of all of the family. Voice: The voice of the book is that of  the monster parents until the end.  Then [...]

Goodnight Goon: a Petrifying Parody by Michael Rex

Schema: text-to-text connections with Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown Parody: copying  someone’s style in a humorous way, making a spoof of something Goodnight Goon is a parody of Goodnight Moon. Compare and Contrast: Similarities: same story pattern, same room design, same color of P.J.’s, both have snacks in their rooms, both have rocking chairs, [...]