Show Times

Thursday, October 18, 2007 at
9:30am
60 minutes
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New teachers…new books…new faces! It’s the very first day of second grade, and Lazlo S. Gasky is the new kid in school. He’s your typical sevenyear-old boy, but because he doesn’t look or speak quite like the others, the teasing and taunting begin. When Ellie McSnelly realizes how tough Lazlo has it, she risks being ridiculed herself to spend an afternoon with him. After playing soccer, eating strudel, and making new friends, the two teach their classmates a valuable lesson about the importance of giving others a chance. Adapted from Katie Couric’s popular children’s book, this uplifting new musical proves that being you is the best way to be.

California Content Standards easily applied in your classroom:
1.EN.3.1: Identify and describe the elements of plot, setting, and character(s) in a story, as well as the story’s beginning, middle, and ending.

3.EN.3.4: Determine the underlying theme or author’s message in fiction and nonfiction text.

4.EN.3.3: Use knowledge of the situation and setting and of a character’s traits and motivations to determine the causes for that character’s actions.

Lesson Plan Idea
Students write or draw about a time when they felt like outcasts. Discuss the feelings this exercise brings up as a class.