The Teacher from the Black Lagoon

BOOK ENTRY FORMAT FOR GENRE PROJECT


Information for students
Author: Mike Thaler Title: The Teacher from the Black Lagoon
Book Genre: Modern Fantasy Publishing Info: Scholastic Inc., 29

Summary: Mrs. Green is a real monster. She even has a tail and claws. She breathes fire, gobbles up children, and turns them into frogs. Her students are terrified until one boy wakes up to discover the real Mrs. Green, who is no monster at all.


Personal rating: ****

Rationale: story was comical, interesting read, memorable illustrations

Information for teachers
Reading level: 2.4 Interest level: k-3rd

Thematic Areas: school, imagination, dreams, fears, rumors

Content Areas: science

Potential Problems or Difficulties: Parts of story, such as Mrs. Green eating children, may seem frightening to some.

Possible use in classroom: use as a read aloud for the first day of school, have students create an extended edition of the book or write a whole new book to create more situations of Mrs. Green in the classroom, have students rewrite the ending, use a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the two Mrs. Greens, have students create a paper-mâché mask like the character of Mrs. Green, ask students to draw a picture of what they thought their teacher looked like on the first day of school, design a new book cover for the book