Cricket in
Times Square
Times Square
This singer is the book's protagonist.
Who is Chester cricket?
Free writing on the final day of the week is called this.
What is Five Minute Friday?
The first information you write on you letter is the date, this is the last, in the font of your choice.
What is your name or signature?
Haiku are about nature. Senryu are about _____.
What is human nature?
A Frank Sinatra cover, the drummer breaks into a goofy smile as this song ends.
What is "New York, New York?"
The part of the plot when Chester decides to leave NYC is called the _____.
What is the climax?
If you hit a single, you get this.
What is all of it?
Your lit letter should be this many paragraphs long.
What is three?
Haiku poetry originated in this country.
What is Japan?
Taylor Swift sings this atop a building in the song's signature city.
What is "Welcome to New York?"
This music teacher writes a letter to the New York Times.
Who is Mr. Smedley?
The phrase Boston Strong inspired this poster, which also sums up the first classroom expectation, "Take care of each other."
What is B NICE?
We're supposed to read one book per month. You'll write about your books in lit letters, and talk about them in this.
What are RED Talks?
Our four Haiku and Senryu will include one of each of these calendarish events.
What are seasons?
Dr. Tooth and Electric Mayhem slow jam this Billy Joel cover.
What is "New York State of Mind?"
Chester's final song, the sextet from Loochy the Murmurer, is in this part of the story's plot line.
What is the falling action?
The back of your notebook is supposed to contain these two lists.
What are Books to Read Next and a Reading Log?
Your letter's final paragraph should include a claim, summarized evidence, and this copied from the book.
What is a quotation?
There are seventeen total om in a Japanese haiku. We call them this.
What are syllables?
"King of New York" is a song from this Broadway musical about the newspaper industry at the turn of the 20th century.
What is Newsies?
This upbeat music style was playing on the radio when Tucker knocked over the matches that started the newsstand fire.
What is a rhumba?
Active listening is a combination of these three activities.
What are eyes on the speaker, quiet body, and brain thinking about what's being said?
If you're writing about the author's message from the book, you're writing about this.
What is theme?
In Mr. S's favorite Guyku, the narrator says, "If this puddle could talk, I think it would tell me to splash" this person.
Who is my sister?
This American folk singer is known for "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown," "Operator," and "New York's Not My Home."
Who is Jim Croce?