Which Way to Witch School

Title: Which Way to Witch School 

Author: Scott Santoro started writing in his school for the schools new paper. Not only did he write articles for the school paper but he also had a cartoon stripe too. Besides writing Scott has work for Disney and Dreamworks as a storyboard writer. In 1999 his first book was published. 

Genre: Poetry/ Fiction 

Grades: 1-3

Subject Area: Holiday 

Summary: This story is about a school where witches go. Throughout this story there are many lessons to be learned for young witches, sometimes witches have to learn their lessons the hard way. Some lesson the witches learn included how to make a potion and how to fly on a broom. 

Pre Reading Activity: Explain what on homophone is. This is a word that has different meanings. An example is which and witch. Explain that these are the same words but the mean different things. Have students make there own list of different homophones. Then have the students count how many they came up with after five minutes. Create a class list of all the different homophones the students came up with.  

Post Reading Activity: Have students write their own story about Halloween using homophones.  They should try and use as many homophones as possible while the story still makes sense. They should at least include ten different homophones. They will complete a graphic organizer , a rough draft, and a finial copy. The final copies will be hung around the room. The final copies should also included a picture that relates to their story.