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  Date:         Date: 11-30-09  1.  author?    author?1.  //__Stepping on the Cracks __////by: Mary Downing Hahn // 2.  characters.    characters.2.  Margret- Is a polite 6th grade girl, and frightned         frightened a lot. She has a brother named Jimmy who was //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">drafted. // <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">She lives in Collage Hill. Her family is preety    <span style="background: #aaffaa; color: #008800; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">     pretty <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">poor. Is bullied by 3 boys named Gordy, Toad, and Dough. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> Elizabeth- Is a strong indipendent    <span style="background: #aaffaa; color: #008800; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">     independent <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">girl.  Her    <span style="background: #aaffaa; color: #008800; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">     She <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">and Margret are best friends. Her brother Joe was //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">drafted. She Lives in Collage Hill too. Her family is a little // more //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">richer than Margret's family. She gets bullied too. // 3. <span style="background: #ff8888; color: #880000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="background: #aaffaa; color: #008800; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> Date:  <span style="background: #ff8888; color: #880000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">    Date: <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">11-30-09 <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">In story "__Stepping on the Cracks"__ "by Mary Dowing Hahn" 2 girls named Margret and Elizabeth are living in the world during World War 2. Margret's brother Jimmy was drafted to the military a few years back. Margret and her friend Elizabeth like to play outside in the hot summer days, this time they were playing Monopoly. Few days pasted, the 2 girls were playing in their tree house. Then Gordey and his 2 friends Toad and Dough came and ruiend their tree house by taking the boards off and leaving with them. The girls wanted revenge on those mean bullies. (Only Elizabeth wanted it, Margret was scared) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"> Weeks went by, then Elizabeth thought of something. The girls went across the railroad (were they are forbidden to go) and hid so they could take their boards back. Margret spotted Gordey and his "buds." They heard the girls and caught them. He let them go and said that they were about to be killed by the "Crazy Man." The girls left. Only Margret believed him. Finally, it was the first day of school. It was just a regular day. After schools the girls go in to the forest were, the crazy man is. The 2 see him and run. They realize it was Steward, Gordy’s older brother. Steward was a had bad cold and he left the military. He was so sick. When Margret went home ,everybody was crying. Jimmy had died in the war. Weeks went on. Finally, since he was so sick and loopy Barbra and the kids took him to a hospital. It went well. In the end, Gordey moved to North Carolina, his dad went to jail for child abuse, and Barbra and Steward got married. Life went on in the world in the town of Collage Hill. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">
 * __<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Book Report __**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Directions: Answer all 8 of the questions/statements in complete sentences. Feel free to add a related picture to your report. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">What is the title of your book and who is the **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Name and describes two main **

<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">http://www.ttms.org/say_about_a_book/say_about_a_book.htm  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> The following questions were taken from:**<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Big Question #1: What makes this book good? **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Nothing makes this book good. I didn't like this book because it was sad. Also I didn't get the book as much as I do with other genres. Last, it was just face down BORING! <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> Big Question #2: What would make this book better? <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> As a critic, it’s important to be honest. And honestly, some parts of some books are pretty bad. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">I don't think anything could make this book better because it was so bad. But, maybe it could have been NICER! That could make it a little bit better. Also the author could have made it clearer for 5th graders. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">That’s all! **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">

<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 17.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial;"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 17.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">This is the main idea. It’s almost as though you could squeeze a whole book down to a __single sentence__ and say that’s what it was all about. Big Question #3: What’s the one most important thing the author wants you to know?<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: #100f0f; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial;">Be happy with what you have because other children are not living in a safe environment like us. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">

<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 17pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial;">Big question #4: Why did the author bother to tell this story? What is it about this particular story that the author thought was so important? Was it just for fun or to teach something? <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> I <span style="color: #191515; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> think the author wrote this to show all the kids out there that time when your grandparents were kids it was hard. Also it is important to know your American history. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">

<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">** What does the audience need to know to understand and enjoy the book? ** In other words, what background In other words, what background knowledge would be good to have prior to reading this book? Big Question #5:<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> I <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> think that the audience needs to know how hard it was to live in the war and what it was like to have your brother drafted. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">