PPT-Stargirl By: Jerry Spinelli

Characters Stargirl Caraway Leo Borlock Characters Dori Dilson Main Ideas Identity Everyone is different including Stargirl so be yourself Friendship Stargirls friend Dori is always loyal to her and stays right by her side no matter what Be a good friend and nice to everyone . Onomatopoeia. Rhyme. Alliteration. Definition: a series of words in a row (or close to a row) have the same first consonant sound. “She sells sea-shells down by the sea-shore” . “Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers”. Vocabulary. Vocabulary Unit Directions. Every morning until the completion of this novel, you will be working on your vocabulary units as your “Do Now” assignments.. You should now bring your pocket dictionary to school every day.. S. pinelli. By: Savannah Plumlee. B. iography. J. erry . S. pinelli. was born February 1. st. 1941 in Norristown Pennsylvania, on the outskirts of Philadelphia. Jerry had never imagined himself as a future writer.. and never read more than the words printed on the back of cereal boxes. Instead, he dreamed of becoming a cowboy. He loved country tunes, Roy Rogers, and cowboy apparel, sporting spurs on his heels in grade school. By the time Jerry reached age eleven, though, the cowboy phase had passed and was replaced by a passion for sports, baseball especially, Jerry imagined about playing professional shortstop, preferably for the New York Yankees. It was not until his junior year of high school that he wrote a poem that would change his dream of homeruns and the World Series to a dream of bestsellers and, eventually, a Newbery Medal.. . LOSER Pop Contents 1. You Grow Up 1  2. The Bright Wide World 3  3. Win 5  4. Zinkoffs First Day 8  5. All Aboard 13  6. A Wonderful Question 18  7. Jabip 28  8. Two New Jerry’s back! The Jerry Fish Electric Sideshow returns to t he Electric Picnic Lat e Night Arena, escorted by the P icnic ’ s hippest after hour club, R yan Skelton’s “Tog The novel is set against the background of the First World War, 1914 – 18. . I. t is set in Ireland but later changes to the Western Front in France. The novel opens with Alec in his jail cell waiting to be executed and the story of how he ended up in that situation is told through flashback. The story is told by Alec in the first person. The first-person narrative means that the reader sees the world as Alec would and sympathises with him throughout.. By: Madi Denton, McKenzie Manning, Maleya Fleming, and James Glass. Table of Constance. Childhood. Family. Books he wrote. Career. Book Overviews. Book Talks and Reader chair prompts!. Timeline . Compare and Contrast. Spinelli. Knots in My . Yo. . Yo. String. From . Knots in My . Yo. YO String by . Jerry . Spinelli. “Then I feel the pliers grip the end of the nail on my right index finger, and cold sweat pours from me, and I feel the tug of the pliers and then the pain begins—and I sing. I sing like the Vienna Boys’ Choir. I empty my head like a box of cornflakes. I tell them everything from our deepest military secrets to my shoe size.”. Title : Wringer ( ) Quick summary: This book is about a young boy, Palmer, who tries being like the other boys in his town, a wringer. He has always feared turning 10 because unlike everyone his a JERRY FABINAphids! Of course. Y'know, I startedwith "A" in my cyclopedia, yet somehowI must've skipped right over aphids.It does start with "A", right?Aphids?NURSERY CLERKYes. Yes, it does, sir.JER Job . Search. Tips from the Science of Positive Psychology. Happiness Booster #1. Exercise. ©Spinelli&Co. .,LLC. When you Exercise…. People who exercise are . often happier and more confident. Works Cited Page. Korman, Gordon. . Schooled. . New York: . Disney- Hyperion, 2008. Print.. Spinelli, Jerry. . Stargirl. . New York: Ember, 2002. Print.. Example. Not only do the novels . Stargirl. 1957. Old Bones, the Wonder Horse. By Mildred . Mastin. Pace. 1958. Fifteen. By Beverly Cleary. 1959. Comanche of the Seventh. By Margaret Leighton. 1960. Double or Nothing. By Phoebe Erickson. 1961. Gerald C. “ Jerry ” Feda View Home in Glasgow, Montana at the age of 94. Jerry, a 73 year resident of Glasgow, was born June 7, 1926 to John and Julia Jane “Jenny” (Brazzell) Feda and grew