The Day the Crayons Quit

This term we shared at Lit Club this fabulously funny and thought provoking picture book … “The Day the Crayons Quit.” This book has won the American Booksellers Association's E.B. White Read-Aloud Award for Picture Books, and you will see why.  Here is a link to a book trailer..check it out!!!

Monday 15th September

Today at Lit Club we introduced a book called Never Odd or Even by John Townsend. What do you notice about this title.

Never Odd Or Even 

(A detective story with a difference)

John Townsend

What do you notice about the title of this book ??

Elliot is twelve. He's obsessed with numbers and letters, especially palindromes. He loves to spend his spare time playing about with words or numbers, when he can avoid school bully Victor Criddle, his arch-enemy. But when the biggest mystery that struck his school in the history of the world has to be solved, Elliot's forced to use all of his brain power.

This is a short, quick read which is definitely going to interest you if you love playing about with numbers and words. It's packed full of palindromes, anagrams and weird and wonderful number facts, but it's also got an engaging narrator and a clever plot. Just how clever the plot is doesn't really become apparent until the end -

This is a refreshingly different story which is  Well worth reading and it gets you thinking as the narrator tries to solve  the mystery and engages the reader throughout. Towards the very end that is when readers are really challenged to work out tclues, solve puzzles and find the culprit.

What is a Palindrome 

A word or phrase that reads the same in either direction 

What is an Anagram 

Rearranging the letters of a word or phrase to make another word or phrases.

Complete the Palindromes with either one word or two words from the list of words provided below.

1. Drab as a fool , aloof as a _______________
2. Draw pupil’s lip _________
3. Murder for a jar of _______    _________
4. No Lemon , No ____________
5. Rise to Vote,  ___________
6. Senile ______________
7. Stack _______________
8. Step on no ________
9. Was it a car or a _____  I _______
10. Yo, Banana ______

Boy, Cats , Felines, Red, Rum, Melon, Bard, Upward, Cat, Saw, Pets, Sir

Monday 8th September

Monday 8th September

William Shakespeare also known as the

 "Bard of Avon”

  William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language
   
    Born: April 26, 1564, Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

    Died: April 23, 1616, Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom
    Married: to Anne Hathaway

He wrote 37 plays and 154 Sonnets (First play he wrote was said to be Henry VI and his last play was said to be ‘The Tempest”)
Some of his Famous plays include  ….
Hamlet, MacBeth,As you like it, Romeo & Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, King Lear,Anthony & Cleopatra, Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Nights Dream.
Most Famous Sonnet = Sonnet 18 “Shall I compare thee to a summers day”….

Master of the English language, Shakesspeare is attributed with creating hundreds of words and phrases in the English language. Here are some common words that first appeared in Shakespeare’s plays
Auspicious  ,Dexterously , Dwindle , Watchdog – Luggage
& phrases/quotes as follows
“Whats done is done “ (Macbeth)
“My Salad days when I was green in judgement” (Antony & Cleopatra)
"All that glitters isn’t gold" (Merchant of Venice)       
"Wear one’s heart on one’s sleeve" (Othello)
“Nothing comes from nothing” (King Lear)
"Break the ice" (The Taming of the Shrew)”
To thineself be true”(Hamlet)
"Clothes make the man" (Hamlet)
"A laughing stock" (The Merry Wives of Windsor) -    •   
"Too much of a good thing" (As You Like It)     “
"In a pickle" (The Tempest) -

The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare's works .The Globe Theatre was constructed in 1599 & owned by Shakespeare and other investors. The Globe was the primary home of Shakespeare's acting company beginning in late 1599, and it is a possibility that As You Like It was written especially for the occasion. 400 years later you can still visit The Globe. Click this link to take a virtual tour