Who is the author of the story?
Patricia Reilly Giff
Make a sentence with the words (Mrs. Rooney)
Mrs. Rooney is Richard Best teacher.
What is the lie?
Richard lied that he read the book, which ends up causing a lot of trouble for him.
Describe Richard Best.
Nickname-Beast
Did not always pay attention
wanted the easy way out-not work
artist, creative, good friend with Matthew
Make a sentence with the word Halloween in it.
Halloween was Beast favorite holiday.
Who is the illustrator (drew the pictures)?
Blanche Simms
Make a sentence with the word author.
The author of the story they are reading is coming to meet the kids at school.
Why did Beast lie?
He did not want to say he lied and did not read the book.
Matthew Jackson
Best friends with Beast
not an artist
hates tuna fish sandwiches
wants to win the Halloween contest
Make a sentence with mask.
The children made masks in their art class.
Who are the main characters?
Richard Best (Beast)
Matthew Jackson
Make a sentence with the words Halloween.
Beast is dressing up as a dog for Halloween,because he thinks there is a dog in the book, read in class.
Did he hurt anyone with the lie?
Is the lie ok?
He hurt the teacher (it makes her and her class look silly). It makes Beast look bad and lying
is not ok.
Mrs Rooney
Matthew and Beast teacher
Good teacher, caring
Knows all her students well
Make a sentence with costume.
The children wore costumes for Halloween.
What is the setting of the story?
(where did it take place, season,)
At school, fall, Halloween
Make a sentence with the word costume.
There will be many different kinds of costumes on Halloween at Richard's school.
Will the lie catch up to him?
Yes, when the author comes and realize he
didn't read the book.
The author James Mulligan (Halloween Horror) that Matthew and Beast were suppose to read.
He is an author
He is coming to visit/kind
He writes stories about Horror
Mrs. Gates (teacher at school) cousin
Has curly black hair/huge mustache
Make a sentence with tuna fish sandwich.
Matthew and Beast hate tuna fish sandwiches.
What genre is the book?
what kind of book:
Adventure,romance, science fiction, western, horror,
funny
Is it fiction or nonfiction?
Fiction- adventure
Make a sentence with the word Fall (the season)
Halloween is in the fall and Richard likes to jump in a big pile of leaves at home.
define lie and use it in a sentence.
to make an untrue statement with intent to deceive. She was lying when she said she didn't break the vase. He lied about his past experience. 2. : to create a false or misleading impression.
Who is Holly
Beast little sister
nosey
a know it all
in Matthew and Beast bussiness
bossy
Make a sentence with author.
The author of the story was coming to school to visit.