Sunday, June 20, 2010

Mrs. Jafee Is Daffy! by Dan Gutman - Small Group Novel 6/22/10


Gutman, D. (2009). My weird school daze #6: Mrs. Jafee is daffy! New York, NY: HarperCollins.

In this edition of the My Weird School Daze series, the principal of Ella Mentry School, Mr. Klutz, leaves to attend Principal Camp for four days. While he is gone he puts the Vice Principal, no not the vice you would use to hold a piece of wood in place, the Vice as in assistant to the principal, in charge until his return. This book is full of phrases or words that can have more than one meaning such as the example of the word vice. I found these examples to be humorous at first, but then after a while it started to become a little too much! However, when I considered if I was a second or third grader reading these books I would find these comments to be quite funny - unless the second or third grader reading this words and phrases did not get the double meaning. In those cases, the child probably would respond with a "huh"? The Vice Principal, Mrs. Jafee, ends up making changes in the subjects the children were learning as well as replacing a number of the teachers. However, once Mr. Klutz returns to the school via parachuting from a plane, he restores the school to its previous condition prior to his departure.

If you like this book you may want to read the very first one in this series titled, Mrs. Dole Is Out of Control.

Discussion Questions

1. Select a chapter that you liked the best. In four to five sentences describe why you like that chapter the best.

2. What was the reason Mr. Klutz parachuted from the plane instead of landing at the airport like anyone else?

http://www.dangutman.com/ Author's website

http://www.jimpaillot.com/bio.html Illustrator's website

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