1. Mrs. Gorf

2. PLOT PYRAMID
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3. W-W-W-W-W-H Who: Mrs. Gorf
What: Turned her students into apples; accidentally turned herself into an apple too
When: at school over 2 days
Where: Wayside school classroom
Why: She hates children and teaching
How: She wiggles her ears and sticks out her tongue
Main Idea sentence: Mrs. Gorf taught children at Wayside school, but she did not like children or teaching, so she turned her students into apples and eventually, accidentally herself too.

4. SUMMARY
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End:
Moral:

5. summary
beginning: It was explained that Mrs. Gorf didn’t like children, but she loved apples. Luckily for Mrs. Gorf, if she wiggled her ears, first her right, then her left, and stuck out her tongue, she could turn her “misbehaving” students into apples.
middle: Mrs. Gorf had many opportunities to turn her students into the apples that she loved. She changed 12 of the students into apples in two days. The other 15 were eventually turned into apples too by the end of the second week.
end: The students got revenge on Mrs. Gorf, who had turned them all into apples, by attacking her and jumping all over her. Then, miraculously, the “apple children” convinced Mrs. Gorf to turn them back into children. As she was doing this, she did her ear and tongue trick, but Jenny held up a mirror and Mrs. Gorf turned herself into an apple. Louis, the yard teacher then ate Mrs. Gorf leaving the students teacher-less.
MORAL: One for all and all for one. If you stick together, you can get anything done. There is no I in TEAM. Evil never wins.

6. Questions and Answers

7. 1. What are the conflicts that Mrs. Gorf had with her 27 students. 2
1. What are the conflicts that Mrs. Gorf had with her 27 students? 2. What new conflict was created at the end of this chapter? 3. Based on chapter 1, predict what you think the rest of the book will be about?

8. 1. Mrs. Gorf was a mean teacher and when her students misbehaved, she turned him/her into an apple. In the beginning, she caught Joe cheating so she turned him into an apple. Then she turned John into an apple for allowing Joe to cheat. Todd tried to give his opinion about the cheating so he was turned into an apple. Stephen started to cry because he was so scared so he too became an apple. Kathy was late to class the next day, so she became apple as soon as she got inside the classroom. Paul sneezed and was turned into an apple. Nancy said, “God bless you“ to the sneeze, so she became an apple. Terrence fell out of his chair and he became an apple. Maurecia tried to escape the madness and was turned into an apple before she was out the door, and the three Eric’s laughed when Mrs. Gorf tripped on a piece of chalk, so they unfortunately became apples. The other 15 students were all eventually turned into apples as well.

9. 2. At the end of this chapter, the “apples” turned on Mrs
2. At the end of this chapter, the “apples” turned on Mrs. Gorf and she ended up turning herself into an apple. Louis, the yard teacher, came into the classroom and unknowingly ATE Mrs. Gorf, the apple. Now, the children on the thirtieth floor have NO teacher.
3. I predict that the stories from Wayside School are going to be silly and full of magic, especially since Mrs. Gorf, who seemed to be like a witch, turned her students into apples. It reminded me of Snow White. I assume that the students will be very much like normal students just with quirky attributes, like John, who reads upside down. How does he read things that he cannot physically flip upside down? Mostly, I imagine it will be humorous.

10. EXAMPLE OF FIURATIVE LANGUAGE
Identify the figurative language used
Include the page number
Copy the sentence the figurative language was found in.

11. Onomatopoeia - the use of words to imitate the sounds they describe.
Alliteration - the repetition of the initial consonant. There should be at least two repetitions in a row. i.e. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Hyperbole - a figure of speech involving exaggeration to show strong feeling or effect. i.e. I’ve told you a million times to stop talking!
Metaphor - A comparison in which one thing is said to be another. i.e. The cat's eyes were jewels, gleaming in the darkness.
Onomatopoeia - the use of words to imitate the sounds they describe.
i.e. The burning wood crackled and hissed.
Personification - is giving human qualities to animals or objects. i.e. The daffodils nodded their yellow heads.
Simile - figure of speech involving a comparison between unlike things using like, as, or as though. i.e. She floated in like a cloud.
Imagery- Representation of the five senses: sight, taste, touch, sound, and smell
•LITERALLY creates mental images about a subject
Irony – the opposite of what is meant Dramatic Irony – when the audience/reader knows something that’s going to happen in the story but the characters in the story do not Situational Irony- when the resolution is the opposite of what the reader expected to have happened
Paradox – a statement that seems contradictory and absurd, but nonetheless states a hidden truth.
Ex. “My only love sprung from my only hate.” – Romeo and Juliet
Pun – a humorous play on word used to create a double meaning.
Ex. “You have dancing shoes. With nimble soles; I have a soul of lead.” – Romeo and Juliet
Symbol- A word or object that has its own meaning and represents another word, object or idea that is more abstract
Mood- The feeling the poem creates for the reader is called Mood
Tone- The style, manner, or expression in speech or writing is called Tone (what the author meant for you to feel)
Oxymoron- is a figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect. The common oxymoron phrase is a combination of an adjective proceeded by a noun with contrasting meanings
.i.e. “cruel kindness” or “living death”.

12. Main Character: Mrs. Gorf
Direct Characterization: “Mrs. Gorf had a long tongue and pointed ears. She was the meanest teacher in Wayside School.” “Mrs. Gorf didn’t like children, but she loved apples.”
Indirect Characterization: “If you children are bad,…or if you answer a problem wrong, I’ll wiggle my ears, stick out my tongue, and turn you into apples!”