The
Monarch
Award:
Illinois'
K-3
Children's Choice Award
2008
Master List
Sponsored by
the
Illinois
School Library Media Association
2008 Nominee: The SOS FileThe students in Mr. Magro's class submit stories for the SOS file about their biggest emergencies, and then they read them aloud.
Authors: Betsy Cromer Byars, Betsy Duffey, Laurie Myers
Betsy Duffey and Laurie Myers are Betsy Byars daughters.
Illustrator: Arthur Howard
Book
Activities
- Discussion questions: Discuss the concept of an
anthology. This book was written by Betsy Byars and her two daughters.
Compare Mr. Magro to Miss Daisy.
- Language arts: Which story do you like best? Which was
the the scariest? Funniest? Your favorite? What does SOS stand for?
Where did the it come from?
- Writing: Write your own SOS file. Type it in a word processing program and illustrate it. Make a class book.
- Math:
- Science: Find stories of people who survived earthquakes,
tornadoes, shipwrecks, tusnamis, floods, holocaust, etc.
- Social Studies: Discuss 911. What of the stories have
true emergencies that require calling 911?
- Drama: Make a reader's theatre of one of the stories.
- Cooking/Food:
- Art:
- Music:
- Movement:
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Websites
2008 Nominee Resources