Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Cosmo and the Robot by Brian Pinkney (Modern Fantasy & Science Fiction)


            Cosmo best friend is a kind and caring robot named Rex. Sadly one day Rex hit his head and began to act like a monster, so he had to be taken away. Cosmos parents saw that Cosmo was no longer happy like he use to be when he had Rex in his life so they gave him a Super Solar System Utility Belt. With the tools that came with this utility belt he could put anything together and take anything apart. There were no limitations, anything was possible! 
            Soon after Cosmo got his belt he and his sister Jewel set off to find the best rocks. As they were looking Cosmo becomes fascinated with an old terrain rover. His sister did not feel like waiting around as Cosmo took apart this old terrain rover so she went off to go find the best rocks but promised to come back soon. Before Cosmo knew it, it was getting dark and his sister was not back yet. Getting worried Cosmo began to look for his sister. As he was searching he heard his sister yelling for help. He quickly realized that Rex was chasing Jewel and she needed help. With the daylight quickly diminishing, can Cosmo save his sister from the monster Rex with his new tools? 
            After reading this book to the class, I would have them imagine that they are a news reporter, reporting on the courageous and heroic actions Cosmo made when saving his sister. I would then encourage the students to use their imagination and creativity when making their news report. Once the students were able to prepare and practice their report a few times they would be expected to record their breaking news on a flip camera. When everybody is done recording I would compile all the videos and we would watch them.

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