Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Author/authors: Judith Viorst (Ray Cruz)

Type of emotional/crisis issues addressed: anger, conflict resolution

Year of publication: 1987

Publisher: Aladdin

ISBN#: 978-0689711732

Age level: Lower Elementary

# of pages: 32

Quality of illustrations: Good; excellent character expressions

Brief summary: Alexander has a horrible beginning to his day, getting gum in his hair, tripping over his skateboard, and dropping his sweater in the sink.  His day keeps getting worse and Alexander vows to move to Australia.

Activity: Write a class book about the worst day ever.  Have each student write one page and illustrate it about the worst thing that has happened to them.

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