Eerie Elementary #2: The Locker Ate Lucy!
by Jack Chabert
2014, Scholastic Inc.
2014, Scholastic Inc.
Join Sam, Antonio, and Lucy through their adventures in Eerie Elementary. Will they every be able to figure out the mystery behind Eerie Elementary? After being thrown into the basement through Lucy's locker, which "ate" her some mysteries are uncovered and this group of friends realizes that their school is alive.
Adventure Creepy Haunted Friendship
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Helpful Information:
Grade Level- 5-7
Age Range- 6-8
Reading Level-Fountas and Pinnell- O
Lexile- 440
Suggested Delivery- small group read or individual
Genre- Adventure
Age Range- 6-8
Reading Level-Fountas and Pinnell- O
Lexile- 440
Suggested Delivery- small group read or individual
Genre- Adventure
Vocabulary:
Eerie- strange and mysterious.
Creepy- strange or scary, causing people to feel nervous and afraid.
Blueprint- a photographic print that shows how something (such as a building) will be made.
Squint- to look at something with your eyes partly closed.
Screech- a loud and very high cry that usually expresses extreme pain, anger, or fear.
Shallow- having a small distance to the bottom from the surface or highest point.
Launch- to send or shoot something
Creepy- strange or scary, causing people to feel nervous and afraid.
Blueprint- a photographic print that shows how something (such as a building) will be made.
Squint- to look at something with your eyes partly closed.
Screech- a loud and very high cry that usually expresses extreme pain, anger, or fear.
Shallow- having a small distance to the bottom from the surface or highest point.
Launch- to send or shoot something
Comprehension Strategies:
Before Reading Strategies:
Onomatopeia
Eerie Elementary includes many sound effects and actions through onomatopoeia. Review with students the concept of onomatopoeia. Have students create their own sentences that uses onomatopoeia.
Eerie Elementary includes many sound effects and actions through onomatopoeia. Review with students the concept of onomatopoeia. Have students create their own sentences that uses onomatopoeia.
- onomatopoeia- a word, which imitates the natural sounds of a thing. It creates a sound effect that mimics the thing described, making the description more expressive and interesting.
During Reading Strategies:
Concept Map: Events in the Story
Have students create a concept map for the events that happen to Sam, Antonio, and Lucy in the book. This will provide students with a structure to look back at with the different events that happen in the plot of the story.
Have students create a concept map for the events that happen to Sam, Antonio, and Lucy in the book. This will provide students with a structure to look back at with the different events that happen in the plot of the story.
After Reading Strategies:
Have students discuss what the terrible truth about Orson Eerie is and Eerie Elementary. Encourage students to look back at the book and recall the information and clues that Sam, Antonio, and Lucy gain on their Adventure through the school.
Writing Activity:
Have students write a journal entry about this adventure as if they were Sam, Antonio, or Lucy. How would the feel? What would they write about? What happened to them? What did they find out? How did they feel during the adventure?
Resources:
- Another review of the book can be found here.
- You can also introduce students to the first book in this series, although the book can be read separately, by showing them this book trailer.