June 8 -14 Posting Area

Skinnybones

By Barbara Park

Now that you have read Chapters 1-4, Alex has many ways of dealing with the events that happen in his life. Choose one event, like the spilled cat food, commerical contest he is entering, show and tell time, awards for baseball or the bully TJ Stoner, and relate it to an event in your life.

June 15-21 Posting Area

You are well into the book and ready to post for Chapters 5-8!
Have you ever tried getting out of something you didn't want to do like Alex? Also, predict what will happen at the game?

June 22-28 Posting Area

You finished the book! Babara Parks is the author of this book and many other children's books. Be sure to check out the author website under the "June Links" at the right of this blog.

Why do you think she chose to write a realistic fiction book like Skinnybones? What message might she want readers to get?

Extras on the Book

Now that you have finished this book, can you think of a project you could work on this week? It could be a poem, a diary entry of an event that happened to you, a report on your favorite baseball team/player and maybe make it on PowerPoint or PhotoStory3, write a commercial for a product of your choice or even for Kitty Fritters, submit a site you found that links to the book or a related topic...your choice...have fun and be creative! If it works to publish it as a post here you can or create the project on your computer and email it to me, tberan89@charter.net. I will try to publish it for others to view once I get it!