2. Fact:
Many middles school students
across the world have written plays
including the following titles:
O My Locker
O The Runaway
O Jimmy and Matt
O The World of Fashion
O Ice Joey www.cs.ucf.edu/~MidLink/drama/play.script.html
www.burbankleader.com
http://broadwayworld.com/article/10_StudentWritten_Plays
_Chosen_for_New_World_Stages_20070417
3. About the
AuthorO Born in Canada on October 23, 1963.
O First book at the age of 12
O Published 5 books before graduating high school.
O Received a BA from New York University in 1985
O Dramatic and Visual Writing
O Minor in Motion Picture and Television
O Lives in New York with his wife and 3 children
O 75 books sold over 7 million copies.
www.goodreads.com
4. Fact:
Dogs die at the end of all these
novels:
O Old Yeller
O Sounder
O Where the red fern grows
O Marley & Me
O I Am Legend
5. About the
BookWallace Wallace can never
tell a lie. When he reads a
book he hates because the
dog died in the end, he has
to be honest in the book
report. Old Shep, My Pal
happens to be one of his
teacher’s favorites that he
has even turned into a
screen play. In detention
until he takes back his bad
remarks about the story,
Wallace is forced to sit in
on the play rehearsals. It’s
6. Fact:
You can write to julia roberts at this
address:
Julia Roberts
c/o Hirsch Wallerstein Matlof and Fishman
LLP
10100 Santa Monica Blvd.
23rd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067-1722
USA
www.fanmail.biz/691.html
7. Relevant
ConnectionsO The struggle between being completely honest versus lying to protect people's feelings.
O Friendship, loyalty, honesty, and doing the right thing. Wallace believes in doing the right thing by telling the truth;
which is a great lesson for young readers. People want the truth and Wallace tells it but they don’t like what they
hear so they tend to get upset. It’s the same in life; they rather deceive themselves and avoid the facts. Honesty is
truly the best policy!
O Wallace parents are like so many married couples in America today, they get a divorce because of lies and not
honoring their vows.
O While sitting, watching, and listening at rehearsals, Wallace started to pay attention to the dialogue and thought that
it was, "old school." He told the drama club and Mr. Fogelman that it was too "old school" and that they should
change it to the way people of the present spoke. Wallace is connecting with the how people are currently using
language through songs, dance etc… in the twentieth century.
O Parker Schmidt was the school's reporter who wrote false articles about Wallace. The use of newspaper articles in
this story allows us to see the media influence and the effects it has on our opinions of people and events. Much like
the tabloids does in our society today. Even if you've never read a tabloid, the headlines probably grab your attention
at the supermar-ket checkout. From celebrity scandals to the truly bizarre, tabloid newspapers seem to cover stories
that are outside the realm of serious journalism.
O Wallace meets students different from him and learns an important lesson about judging people. The stereotypes in
this book are that all football players are jerks and have bad teeth, and all the members of the Drama Club are nerds.
The story shows that stereotypes are often false.
8. Fact:
Several Middle schools still have school
papers.
These are the names of some:
O Raptor Vision – Rippowarm Middle School [Connecticut]
O Courageous Bulldog – Winston Churchill Middle
[California]
O Gage’s Pages – Matthew gage Middle [California]
O Chippewa 411 – Chippewa Middle [Illinois]
O The Lewis Growl – Andrew Lewis Middle [Virginia]
O What’s the rumble – tabb middle [virginia]
http://www.schoolnewspapersonline.com/clients/client-list/middle-schools/
10. O LOYALTY
O CLIQUES
O FRIENDSHIP
O ETHIC/MORALS
O DREAMS/GOALS
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=adolescence
Themes
11. Fact:
These People are the same boat as wallace
wallace:
O Lance Lance (Former high school wrestler)
O Bradford Bradford (From a TV commercial)
O Sebora Sebora (From the movie "Howling 3: The
Marsupials")
O Joe Pao Pao (Former CFL QB)
O Samoa Samoa (Former Washington State QB)
O Murray Murray (A character from Bob and Tom)
O God Shamgod (Former Providence U. basketball player)
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