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"Hold on! Wait just one minute,” shouted Genius Kelly, making the universal sign for time out. “I am so confused right now. I don’t know which way to go or how to find the head or the door!” “I feel the same way,” said Joe. “I know a lot more than I did when we started, still I don’t think we’re any closer to solving the problem. “But we can’t give up,” said Nancy. “We’ve gotten help from so many people along the way. We have to find Roberta’s head or her systems will blow soon. And then we’ll never rescue Mom and Dad.” Nancy sniffed the air as if she might smell up a clue.
Click on a title below for book recommendations; reading, writing, and art information and activities; and discussion questions. • An Annotated List of Suggested Read Alouds and Independent Reads An Annotated List of Suggested Read Alouds and Independent Reads Under Construction by Marilyn Ludolph, Ed.D, Dominican University School of Education
Adventure Map Joe and Nancy are looking for heads and doors in this episode and make reference to an arrow spinning and the direction that they should take. The reference is to a compass. Joe and Nancy also used the North Star to guide them on their journey. Using the information provided in the text, create a map for Joe and Nancy to follow that will lead them to the discovery of a head and a door. Be sure to pay attention to the descriptions provided to help you draw your map. ©2011 Marilyn Ludolph Discussion Questions and Activities by Geri Zabela Eddins, NCBLA Choose a portion of this episode (such as Nancy’s encounter with the wolves), and rewrite it as the script for a short, dramatic radio presentation. Start with a list of characters, and then write the script. Radio is all about words and sound, so be sure to include dialog and sound effects. What might you use to produce the sounds, such as the sound of Joe and Genius Kelly moving up the hill to find Nancy? Would you also include music in the background? Assign the roles to other students, and plan a time to read the radio script in a dramatic presentation. Nancy learns that the wolf scratch she received in Episode 10 infused her with wolf DNA, which has provided Nancy with some additional skills and traits that have proven helpful to their adventure. For example, she can communicate with the wolves. Think about the previous episodes—what other incidents provided the twins with new skills, insights, or experience that have helped them on their adventure? Make a list, then share it with a partner. Did your partner have other ideas that had not occurred to you? Nancy and Joe grew up in the circus. How have their circus skills and experiences assisted them on their adventure so far? Write a list of examples. We discover that Pirandello is quite greedy in this episode. Do you think Pirandello is correct to ask for money for something that he did not find himself? Other than Pirandello’s demands for money for the door and the head, what other actions reveal that Pirandello is greedy? How does his greed backfire? The episode ends with Nancy’s statement, “Actually, Pirandello is hiding it in plain view.” Think about Nancy’s words. Is it possible for something to “hide in plain view?” Would you say that this statement is an oxymoron? (An oxymoron is a “figure of speech that juxtaposes two opposite or apparently contradictory words to present an emphatic and dramatic paradox for a rhetorical purpose or effect.”) Can you recall any other oxymorons used in The Exquisite Corpse Adventure? Reference Murfin, Ross and Supryia M. Ray. (2003). The Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s. ©2011 Geri Zabela Eddins
For Parents, Teachers, Librarians—Talk Art! Calef Brown’s Illustration for Episode Twenty Three By Mary Brigid Barrett Under Construction
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