New Releases by Thomas Rockwell

Based on the novel by Thomas Rockwell, this Literature Units will supplement the teacher''s own ideas, to encourage students read and discuss other books by Thomas Rockwell. This book includes integrated lessons and projects which may be used with a book you are reading with the class or be adapted to stories in your reading series. Ideas are developed to guide students in individualised as well as co-operative learning activities. There are eight useful sections: Pre-reading activities, reading response journals, vocabulary ideas, book report ideas, graphic organisers, multiple intelligences, Bloom''s taxonomy activities and culminating activities.

Billy is sure he can come up with the right numbers to win the lottery. He knows exactly what he''s going to do with the prize. But when he does win, it seems that practically eveyone he knows wants some of the money. All the people around him are acting strange. Will Billy have to split his winnings? What happened to the fun of just playing the game?

Billy''s friends are sore that Billy ate all the worms and won the bet (in How to Eat Fried Worms). They recruit the prettiest girl in school to humiliate Billy, but their plan backfires. Billy and the girl begin to like each other.

Describes, in text and illustrations, some of the usual and unusual uses for a variety of familiar things.

Thirteen-year-old Paul''s attempts to do research for the pornographic play he plans to write for Mrs. Coover''s writing class are hampered by the sudden devoted attentions of his classmate Margaret.

Tim doesn''t understand his playmate who vandalizes an old man''s shack and is suspected of theft.

An illustrated collection of original plays for children features a motley assortment of characters--ghouls and goblins, slimy villains, greedy boys, and fried worms

Two teenagers conflict over what to do with the magic tin can they discover in the town dump.

To win a bet, Billy has to eat fifteen worms in fifteen days.