Rules by Cynthia Lord- Book Trailer

Comics Squad: Recess! | Book Trailer

Comics Squad Recess!

Holm, J. (2014). Comics squad: Recess! NY: Random House.

Ninja boys starting a new club, a dog out smarts a cat, the cafeteria lady fights the pizza monster, an outer space acorn with Martians come to visit, Baby Mouse on the quest for recess, vegetables freeze by breath mints, a boy finds love in 300 words, and an awesome game is made from rainy day. 

Rapunzel's Revenge Book Trailer (Shannon Hale's contest)

Rapunzel's Revenge

Hale, S. (2008). Rapunzel’s revenge. NY: Bloomsbury

A girl escapes her wicked kidnapper and fights her enemies with her sidekick Jack. She never compromises her values and with her locks she lassos her way through any obstacle that comes her way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTcDpJJX170

Lesson plans ideas look at this websites:
hhttp://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.ilfonline.org/resource/resmgr/2010-11_yhba_resources/rapunzel.pdfhttp://chelseateaches.livejournal.com/2245.htmlttp://www.squeetus.com/stage/Rapunzel_TG.pdf

Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!

Good Masters!  Sweet Ladies! Voices  by Laura From Amy Schlitz

Schlitz, L. A. (2007). Good masters, sweet ladies Boston, MA: Candlewick Press

The author gives a view of what life was like during the Middle Ages. Educational essays on medieval life, of falconry, Judaism, and the Crusades convey the life of humor, empathy, and drama in Medieval Village. Set in 1255 England, a collection of vignettes of humor and tragedy contains poems written from the point-of-view of various townspeople from aristocracy to servants. Each character speaks their view of their poverty, superstitions and prejudices and ambitions. In their adversity, the children are optimistic and cheerful. The characters tell of their interactions with each other. Pask, a runaway boy for example, from his severe master, a lord, if he is to stay surviving the cold winter by hiding in a dog kennel, is fed dog food by the dog owner’s daughter, in a year; he will be a free slave. The daughter loves her dogs but hates the fleas that are everywhere in her house.  In the book there are short essays about different facets of life in the village. For example it tells about how farm land was operated by the inhabitants. There's a map at the beginning of the book that illustrates the layout of the village. The village itself becomes real and we are transported back in time.

The Watsons go to Brimingham- 1963

 The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963

Curtis, C. P. (1995). The Watsons go to Birmingham, 1963. NY: Delacorte

America was going through some changes of Civil Rights and Segregation. A family of five living in Michigan in the 1960’s where life challenges are living in a cold apartment and a son who is involved in gangs. The only solution to the problem it to leave him at his grandmother’s down in the south, but the parents have been assured by Grandma Sands that nothing is happening around where she lives. The Watsons seem unaware of the seriousness the South was enduring at this time. They were set that his oldest needed a change of venue and a strict person to bring him up and that was Grandma Sands. But much to their surprise they were heading straight to a place of conflict and turmoil.  The story is told by the middle child name Kenny who is oblivious to what is going on the world around him. The whole family is change when they come to Birmingham and experience a church bombing and their youngest becomes one of the victims.