Name: Sam Hughes
Title: Hooway For Wodney Wat
Author: Helen Lester and Lynn
Munsinger
Age of reader: Preschool-Grade 2
Why you chose this book: I decided
to choose this book because I believe it would be a valuable learning lesson
for children. Also, I could see it appealing to students in my Pre-K class
because there are students in my class who have trouble with parts of speech,
just like the main character. It also teaches that playing games at school
involves teamwork and getting along.
Plot summary: The story begins by
introducing the main character, Rodney Rat. He is a rodent who cannot pronounce
his “R’s”. All of his classmates keep making him say words that have “R’s” in
them because they want to hear him talk funny. He gets sad because he doesn’t
think he has any friends so he decides to sit by himself during lunch and
recess. Then, a new student joins class named Camilla Cappybara who gives the students
the impression that she is bigger and meaner. Then, she talks over them in
class, making them think she is smarter too. She becomes the school bully.
Wodney is afraid of how she will react when she hears him talk because he is
picked to be the leader of the class’s favorite game, Simon Says. During the
game, Camilla misunderstands Wodney and reacts differently than the other
students when she plays. They all begin to laugh at her behavior. When Wodney
says, “Go west” (meaning go rest), she starts to walk west and leaves. The
class is proud of Wodney because he got her to stop being such a bother to
them.
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