Robyn Reports: The Nutty Neighborhood Block Party
“Robyn Reports: The Nutty Neighborhood Block Party,” a new serial story for grades kindergarten through six, is now available from the NAA Foundation.
Produced by Hot Topics Hot Serials, “Robyn Reports” is intended for use beginning Sept. 1, 2007. Note: It may not be launched before that date.
“Robyn Reports” is a 10-chapter serial by Stacy Tornio with illustrations by Roel Wielinga as well as a teacher’s guide. The story revolves around a girl named Robyn, the force behind a weekly neighborhood newspaper. She and her intrepid reporters set out to cover the neighborhood block party so they can write about it for that week’s edition.
The story takes place in one day, with each chapter focusing on an event at the block party and a related mystery. Each chapter ends with a cliffhanger leading to the next mystery. The last chapter is “The Robyn Report,” which reveals how Robyn and her friends covered the events of the day.
“Robyn Reports” comes with chapter-by-chapter lesson plans and activities to enhance the learning experience for students. Lesson plans include pre-reading questions, vocabulary lists, open-ended comprehension questions, writing prompts, activities for integrating newspaper use, and “daily edits” involving paragraphs from the story for students to correct and then check against the published work. Questions and assignments are written directly to students so that they can be used as written.
Author Stacy Tornio is available for promotional interviews. Contact her at stornio@gmail.com or (414) 460-3050. Her Web site is www.robynreports.com.
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