The first one was called "At the Restaurant" by Beth Beutler. It only had three characters, two of which were boys. SJ chose to read both boy parts. It was about two people on a first date. The second play was called "Stirring the Pot" also by Beth Beutler. It had only two characters. It was an older sister and a little brother. SJ chose to read the little brother part. They were trying to make sauce and some of the sauce splattered on the sister. Mrs. Banks said SJ did very well with both short plays.
Next, they read a short story called "Toss that Pizza Dough!" by Colleen Messina. It was about what goes into making pizza and dough. SJ then had to answer 8 questions about the story and complete one written response. Mrs. Banks said he did very well with the questions. He got them all correct. When he got to the written response, he got a little upset. He was concerned since there were many blank lines. She told him he would be able to handle it and had him complete it. The written response was to these questions: Has he ever made dough from scratch, What did he do with the dough and Did he enjoy working with it? This was his response.
Yes, I have made dough from scratch. I made pizza. Yes, I like working with it.
Then, Mrs. Banks had SJ do a Mad Lib activity. He made up his own words to be filled into a story called "Personal Pizza". This is his story with his words.
What should I put on my pizza? Mom is farting pizzas, and I play one for myself.
I think I will start with a nice happy tomato bathroom. I know I want to put sad cheese over everything at the end. What do I go in the middle?
I will have some cooked meat. Perhaps some bacon, ground beef, or bored duck would be good. We also have tired chicken and ham in the fridge. Maybe they would be good too.
What else can I put on it? I found some blue peppers. They taste good. Look, I see some chunks of soda. This is going to be a great pizza. The only question is this: can I stop all the toppings on?
She gave him an easy task next. She had him do a I Spy type worksheet. He needed to find all the slices of pizza that were hidden in the picture. He did very well with this. See the attached worksheet.
Then, she had SJ look at another I Spy picture. He had to look at the picture and answer the questions. He also did very well with this as well. See the attached sheets.
Then, Mrs. Banks had SJ read the 12 Slices of Pizza. At first, SJ complained about reading it, since the packet was quite thick. He realized there weren't many sentences on each page. About halfway through the packet, he finally realized it was similar to the 12 Days of Christmas. He told her he didn't like the 12 Days of Christmas, but she had him finish it anyway. At the end of the story, he had to answer some questions. He did very well on them. Then, he had to draw a slice of pizza with toppings and write a descriptive story about it. In case you can't read his writing, this is what he wrote.
I made the crust out of people. The sauce is blood. The cheese is butter. I put a butt as the topping. BEWARE of farting.
She said she knew this was coming, since there was a farting pizza in one of previous activities. She told him this was okay, because he was doing it at home. She reminded him that this would not be acceptable at school. Here is his completed pizza slice.
The last thing they worked on was a pizza glyph. SJ decided on the color of the plate (blue-he likes thin crust), the color of the boy's hair (black-he eats pizza once a week), the color of the boy's shirt (blue and red-he likes restaurant and homemade pizza), what to circle (hands-he likes to pick his pizza up with his hands) and the color of the sauce (red-he dips his pizza in pizza sauce). He also had to finish the speech bubble and draw on his favorite pizza toppings. This is his finished glyph.
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