Battle of the Books grade 5

I never had a teacher stick up for me before. I'd get picked on and made fun of.

a blind animal is used as a nest-maid

No happy endings, there is no happy beginning and very few happy things in the middle

"The dog lunged at me. I jumped back and dropped my ice cream sandwich"

see hospitals as places "full of bad memories and bad luck"

is always in such a hurry to be first

Char prays to God "Please be with me. I'm going to need your support"

IWB did a character ask "so what's your story kid"

IWB did a character mysteriously gather strength and lift into flight

"I miss having someone to talk to, even if that someone is spoilt and selfish half the time"

people who hate stories which terrible thing happen to children should put this book down immed

Act Three of the Marvelous Marriage by Al Funcoot is about to begin

as if someone had offered him a fortune and wanted him to eat rattlesnake instead

words are something that can be learned and "gobbled like they were ... cherry cake"

everyone fall "silent at the thought myriad household objects spinning noiselessly in the void

There were eyes painted on the ceiling and scratched into the grimy wooden floors.

They made up stories and games. They took nothing & turned it into something.

For some reason it was taking new teacher a long time to arrive. He would return another day

"Why should we replace you, you're one of the family"

Would it be so terrible to be my bide, to live in my house for the rest of your life?

The dog strained against his leash. Could he get free? The knot did not very tight.

IWB was there a "terrible shriek and the night splattered with blood"

The fickle Fountain, an elaborately carved monument that occasionally spat out water in

Soon the two were talking like old friends

And none shall defeat my son as he remains in my loving embrace.

I thought you were interested in mechanical engineering, animals of North America?

It would be just like her to go back to alarm clocks, or to volunteer to wake him herself

Char. found "covered in cheese dust"

IWB charac asked to experience & think about a book instead of "some sort stupid book report"

"I ... I guess I'm just tired"

He glared at us whole time we were talking about votes. He glared at us though Twister game too

IWB are there "windless canyons and ravines"

She wanders off & sometimes I think she's laughing at me. I've caught her watching in a sly way

Do you know, he brought me up a cup of coffee this morning ... we were chatting about my work

bottom of character's sneakers " completely covered in Elmer's glue"

"We rob from the rich and pour it on the floor"

IWB is a paper chain "a class reward system"

character demands "okay, let's type. You are going to type what I say"

IWB is there an "enormous facial disk"

I may be a terrible man but I have been able to concoct a way to getting your fortune

IWB is branching a part of the growing process?

someone had fastened it at the end &though it hung loosely about him it impossible to crawl out

untouched field was perfect too, there was a mountain of snow right in the middle we climbed

The Play is called Marvelous Marriage. We will only have one performance, on this Friday night

IWB does a character wonder if "She will live on a heavenly mountain"

He was kind of cool to hangout with.He gave me low-fives, not high fives.I liked going see him

words "I love you" represent 3 most important words a charac has not been able to say

Oh mother! I can hardly wait to go to the carnival!

"They held a competition to choose the architects last summer. We were asked not to tell anyone

character introduce herself saying "I'm going to be your deals and wheels every day"

small array of polished battle claws hanging from one wall

Seemingly, there was no end to the things that could go wrong with human beings

In what book is a character given "Wrappings from packages of medicine"

He felt nothing but happiness. Why had he always been so terrified of humans?

only thing I could hear was incessant beeping of those scary machines. Worst than first dy schl

char. is surrounded by delicate words "each one melting untouched" in her hands

"do some calculation to get reasonable approx of the number blades of grass in a soccer field

IWB is the description "perfectly moon-blinked" found

puzzle "I am an odd number. Take away one and I become even. What # am I?"

IWB are there orphans

The front door needed to be repainted, and carved in the middle of it was an image of an eye

spends too much time reading comics I've tried to break her of habit, but am busy novel writing

The substitute teacher didn't put my sentences on the board. She liked Susan's better.

Characters are given microphone to pass round room for different stories & memories were shared

IWB does it note that "the dizziness went away"

say what he thought; he simply asked lots of questions until you saw the answer yourself

didn't want a sugar coated report ... but rather wanted the facts

IWB does the name Rose fit a character who is "pretty & delicate and nice to be around"

"I figured you weren't here to cure warts with spunkwater. Did you boys bring shovels?"

Honestly, he looked like he had been licking out an oil barrel

Sharp eyes were sensitive to the slightest flurry and he ran from tree to tree peering up

a house "scrubbed and swept ... until it shone"

It is what we heroes do.

A great athlete but crazy angry. He got kicked out of one high school for biting his opp. nose

is a character accused of being a "natural-born cynic"

I might have been a potted plant for all of the attention she game me

In what book does a character declare "I was able to rent his cabin at a very reasonable price"

She knew how to administer CPR. She knew how to outwit arch-nemesis, was sidekick to superhero

Win championship pee yr pants onstage falloff roof infront everyone & people talk about it yrs

Listen to this, Puttanesca. It's an Italian sauce for pasta.

"Please excuse me while I escort this disturbed and neurotic child to the other side of the car

IWB a char aghast when he heard parents talking about eggsnatching

if you don't mind, I would love to look at any of your books concerning mechanical engineering

"her swollen gums hurt so much that she couldn't chew"

They were in the woods. He could tell by the sound of the pine resin in the trees and the sound

a charact doesn't get bored & they never complain about doing the same old things over and over

"Earthquake report: tv weather guy feels some strange activity coming from a local school

"Or course, goosey. You can't have a proper picnic without pie."

We're going to sink your dinky little boat

teacher is compared to "the old professor in the Lion, Witch, Wardrobe. Did he know everything"

I had a sudden picture of the two of them in the forest somewhere, being attacked by a cougar.

IWB were questions discouraged

What your body looks like has nothing to do with how well your brain works.

IWB does a character wake up to "new and different sounds"

"I'm casting a slumber spell"

char obsessed with a piece of literature entitled "Terrible Things Can Happen to You"

Definitely not a worksheet problem , like all the others I've ever been given

"It's not really a house. It's a cottage, like the cheese"

charac told she will feel better "maybe when the sun comes out"

IWB does a char enjoy the 'nose-tickling' burp that comes after drinking pop

IWB have two girls "been friends since kindergarten"

a character is told"You've got the fastest, strongest brain" even if she couldn't run/move fast

character say admiringly "I was moved by your poerty"

IWB does a character day "It's time to rest"

He who lives and runs away may live to fight another day

IWB do we learn of something called "inclusion classes" at school

When a commercial came on she flipped to the cable news channel

I will have to take a retinogram. If you would lean forward

We have a problem. Your daughter has become emotionally attached to a diseased squirrel.

IWB were characters given "number designation"

If a sneeze is a firecracker, these were atom bombs

One birthday she gave me human skeleton, three ft of grinning skull & jangly bones white candy

char complains Humpty Dumpty has more balance control than him/her

A spider was a good luck sign.

a character said "I'll hang them from the ceiling for you"

His ave was as white as milk, except for his dark eyes and thick glasses

IWB do we learn that the small intestine of an average adult is approx. 20-23 ft if stretched

IWB/In what book( pretty clever right) is a horsehair sofa a feature in someone's living room

I wish I had enough coordination to have 'attitude'

a character repeatedly states "This malfeasance must be stopped"

IWB does a character complain about the "loudest, stinkiest farts in creation"

IWB is there an "inventorium"

Promise me you'll wear your life jacket.

school described "very ordinary-filled with kids just like the schools on tv shows

character warns "listen to me, you are not a donut waiting to be dunked, you are a superhero

Every superhero has an arch-nemesis

"a stubborn mule does not move in the direction its owner wants it to. like you children"

a charac figure out that "tonight is the third night of full shine"

IWB is a character, "chosen from the bamboo class to be on the relay team"

Char recall sadly "Unfortun. each time it learnt something new, it forgets previous knowledge"

a character reply to "You're up early" with "wanted to get a jump on the day"

a character is blamed for "asking us to act like adults when we're just kids"

You could wind up in big, big trouble. We're talking lightning bolts, buddy!

In what book was there resentment in a family right from the start?

IWB does a charac say "I will baste thy hide right merrily"

I couldn't stop kicking. My arms acted like wind-up toys gone bananas. I screamed with joy.

char gone "to their room and crowded together on the one bed, reading intently & happily

"He allows you to live while he works out his plan .. why keep you alive after he has your $$

They ran into him without stopping. For a few seconds I lost sight of him under their arms/legs