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Toby
Having just left New York City, Toby is the new kid in Carlyle, Kansas, where the popular boys ride their bikes "no hands" on Saturday afternoons. Toby has never ridden a bike. The popular guys in Joe's "gang" choose up teams to play baseball at recess. Toby has never played baseball. The popular boys in Joe's "gang" wouldn't think of raising their hands to answer a question in school. Toby does, so everyone can see he is the smartest kid in class. He is even smart enough to build a Geiger Counter, but he doesn't know how to make friends. Toby always seems to say the wrong things. The boys call him a "show-off," and when he tries to fit in by playing baseball, he makes a fool of himself and is teased mercilessly. All Toby can think of is REVENGE. He begins to plan an intricately clever scheme to get even...a scheme that will lead them all into the most frightening adventure of their lives. This is a story that will help your students to understand the importance of the differences among them. It will show the dangers of peer pressure and bullying. It will demonstrate the power of cooperation and problem solving. Written in present tense, every chapter of Toby and the Phantoms of the Fourth Grade ends with a cliff hanger and is filled with figuative language. It becomes the vehicle for visualizing text and writing vivid descriptions. It is Suzy Red's favorite literature for teaching writing, and her 63-page literature unit (revised in 2009) is now available to you on instant download for only $12.95. Research
Links for Writing Tips for Students and Teachers
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63-Page Unit for Toby
and the Phantoms of the Fourth Grade
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63-page Unit Contains: Other books you will enjoy are:
The SOS Files by Betsy Byars, Betsy Duffy, and Laurie Myers--great for writing development! The City of Ember by Jeanne Duprau Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins Ida
B by Katherine Hannigan Background
music, "Tocatta and Fugue in D Minor" by Bach |
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