Sunday, September 23, 2012

Chapter Book #5

Author Dav Pilkey
Title The Adventures of Captain Underpants
Illustrator Dav Pilkey
Readability Score 720 Lexile
Genre Fiction
Subgenre Portions are a comic strip
Theme Children can enjoy an adventure story about two boys where their imagination takes them.
Primary and Secondary Characters Primary: Harold and George Secondary: Mr. Krupp AKA Captain Underpants
Award(s) and Date of Publication 1997
Publishing Company Scholastic
ISBN Number 0-439-08282-X
Summary This story is about two boys who tend to get into trouble a lot. They use their imagination to write and draw about a fictional character- Captain Underpants. They buy a little bit of magic and next their principal becomes this charater who saves the day throughout the town.
Description of how you would use the book I would use this book when teaching dialogue an dusing quotation marks correctly. I may even use this book to spur on reading for enjoyment.

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