Interesting tid-bit for today:
After Dr. Suess wrote "The Cat in the Hat", which used just 225 words, his editor bet him that he couldn't write a book using 50 words or less. Not one
to back down from a challenge, Mr. Geisel (Dr. Suess) started writing and came up with "Green Eggs and Ham" -- which uses exactly 50 words.
The 50 words, by the way, are: a, am, and, anywhere, are, be, boat, box, car, could,
dark, do, eat, eggs, fox, goat, good, green, ham, here, house, I, if, in, let, like, may, me, mouse, not, on, or, rain, Sam, say, see, so, thank, that, the, them, there, they, train, tree, try, will, with, would, you.
Such a classic book - and only 50 words! I have it in our classroom right now if you want to check it out. (Remind me to ask you in class tomorrow for the story about Dr. Suess and you will get extra credit if you know. See, it pays to check the blog!)
6 comments:
I'll try to remember Mrs. Scott!!!!
Sarah Whitcomb
What do you mean, story??? Do we need to know about his background? I hope not!!!
Abby Bingham <3
Hi ty so much for posting this i could use the extra credit
-Chris Jones
You don't have to know the whole story of Dr. Suess's life...just that fact that he was offered a bet that he couldn't write a book using only 50 words and that he took the bet and wrote "Green Eggs and Ham".
By the way, I am supposed to have jury duty on Thursday and we might not have school tomorrow. If that is the case, you can write the tid-bit about Dr. Suess and Green Eggs and Ham on a piece of paper and give it to your substitute on Thursday and have him leave it for me. Be sure to write your name on it. See you soon!
Nick Barney - To answer your question about the Writer's Craft exercises. I assigned 538A, 538-540A, 540B and 542A. As long as you have them in by Friday.
Dr. Suess wrote some of the most awsome books like the Grinch Who Stole Christmas.
-Shivangi Pandey
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