Friday, March 4, 2011

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (Realistic Fiction)

Peter is a fourth grader who has a little brother called Fudge.  Typically, little brothers are enjoyable but in this story, Peter finds that life would be just a little better if Fudge wasn't always into things, breaking HIS things, getting lost, or accidentally killing his favorite pet. Peter thinks it's already bad enough that he's only in the fourth grade but his brother just makes his life worse. Even though peter is annoyed by his little brother, he comes to realize that he's not so bad after all.
I find that this book has material that most students can relate to.  So, I would ask the students to "talk back" to the story. They can relate to Peter, ask Fudge why he was always into things, or even help Peter scold Fudge for breaking his things!

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