Sarie walks a long, straight road every day to school. She doesn’t mind it because it is a time when she can dream. At school, she gets scared about having to read aloud in class because to Sarie, all of the words run together. When it is Sarie's turn to read aloud, some of the kids laugh at her, but her teacher, Mr. Adonis, encourages her and tells her to take her time. When Sarie gets home, she discusses her problem with her Auntie Anna who listens to Sarie and understands struggles with reading. Sarie and her auntie usually just drive around and talk about what is on their minds, but one Sunday, they got tired of driving, Sarie found a book in the back seat of the car. Auntie Anna and Sarie read it together and by the time they finished reading the book, Sarie was proud of herself for finally being able to read. After that Sunday, Auntie Anna and Sarie read a book together every Sunday. As the Sundays pass, Sarie becomes less afraid to read to others and more assured of her ability. Finally, one day at school Sarie’s turn to read to the calss arrives again. But this is a particularly bad day for Sarie to have to read aloud, because on this day the school principal come for a visit. Even though she is nervous, as Sarie reads, she silences the classroom with her flawless reading abilities leaving her classmates nothing to laugh at.
After reading this book to the class, I would have them write an epilogue in which they will come up with he story Sarie tells at the end of the story when they drive into the sunset. I would have them start the story off with “once upon a time…” and then let the students take it from there. I would then have the students share with the class and explain how and why they wrote what they did.
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