Baker and holling spend every wednesday afternoon reading his various plays. Baker notes, comedies are much more than funny, and this wonderful novel about the miseries and miracles of hollings 12th year offers more than just belly laughs. Baker s classroom, where they read the plays of william shakespeare and holling learns much of value about the world he lives in. Baker to use if a student does something really good while the school board is visiting the classroom chrysanthemum what was inside the box that mrs. Lieutenant baker returns, but the author doesnt describe his reunion with mrs. Holling is not brave enough to stand his ground and, as a result, feels.
Baker s classroom where they read the plays of william shakespeare and holling learns much of value about the world he lives in. Baker, while the rest of the class has religious instruction. Baker showed to holling after he gave her advice about teaching. The story ends as danny completes his bar mitzvah and becomes a man. Baker about what shakespeare wanted to express about being a human being in romeo and juliet. The wednesday wars is a coming of age story that will provoke equal parts laughter and reflection. Baker is hatching fantastic plots to hasten his demise, and never even considers that she is. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Baker because everyone else leaves for religion class. From first sentence to last, this book was so full and rich and true in every way. Schmidt and the wednesday wars on audio, and i adored it. In the book the wednesday wars, holling hoodhood is a seventh grader at camillo junior high in suburban long island in the 19671968 school year, with the entire book set in the backdrop of the vietnam war. Baker holling hoodhood is the thirteenyearold protagonist of the novel.
What three adjectives describe holling hoodhood in the book wednesday wars. Elaliteracyrl63 describe how a particular storys or dramas plot unfolds in a. The the wednesday wars quotes below are all either spoken by mrs. From the beginning of the novel to the end, nothing seems to really shake her up. By the end of the book, holling has become a dedicated cross country runner. As you read the wednesday wars, add notes about each character using the chart below. Guareschi character analysis in the wednesday wars. The wednesday wars is a wonderfully witty and compelling story about a teenage boys mishaps and adventures over the course of the 196768 school year in long island, new york. Describe symbolism in the wednesday wars by gary d.
Holling hoodhood character analysis in the wednesday wars. He has given approval for any necessary procedure, and says that, since everything seems under control, he will be along as soon as may be convenient. Meet holling hoodhood, a seventhgrader at camillo junior high who must spend wednesday afternoons with his teacher, mrs. Lieutenant baker returns, but the author doesn t describe his reunion with mrs. Baker is hatching fantastic plots to hasten his demise, and never even considers that she is an individual in her own right. She thinks that holling is smart enough to read shakespeare. And then she reached in again and took out three mitts. Our teacher edition on the wednesday wars can help. The wednesday wars book whatcom county library system. A comic account of the fictional holling hoodhoods seventh grade year, the book also plumbs unexpected emotional depths as holling navigates bullies, friendships, and familial stress, all to the grim backdrop of the vietnam war. Your father has spoken over the phone with the nurse at the front desk.
Meet holling hoodhood, a seventhgrader at camillo junior high, who must spend wednesday. Baker demonstrates that she doesnt hate holling at all and, in fact, eventually becomes a parental figure for him. Baker also learns and grows through her relationships with her students especially holling and the experience of the vietnam war which alters her life forever. The wednesday wars book king county library system.
Baker is many things in gary schmidt s the wednesday wars, she is consistent. The wednesday wars reading guide ink colored skies. Baker is out to get him, and interprets her every action as part of a ploy to do him in. Her face stayed pinched most of the afternoon, and got even pinchier when the p. Betty baker is one of those almost impossibly lofty representations of what a teacher should beso elevated, in fact, that at times she seems too good to be true. According to hollings father, how does a boy become a man. The wednesday wars 2007 read online free book by gary d. We read the merchant of venice the next wednesday, too, and finished it on the last wednesday of october. The vietnam war is a backdrop to life at camillo junior high.
Bigio had tearfully insisted that the cream puffs were really not that bad after all, and she had put a. Mom,itsnotlikeyouhavetoknowsomeonewelltohatetheirguts. The wednesday wars audio library edition by gary d. Character development of holling hoodhood in the wednesday wars. Betty baker is a woman who comes across as an amazing teachershe has her drawbacks which make. For example, she corrects holling hoodhoods grammar and forces him to read. What shakespeare wanted to express about being a human being in romeo and juliet is that you better be careful who you trust. Baker asked me to discuss the character of shylock. The wednesday warsis a wonderfully witty and compelling story about a teenage boys mishaps and adventures over the course of the 196768 school year in long island, new york.
During the 1967 school year, on wednesday afternoons when all his classmates go to either catechism or hebrew school, seventhgrader holling hoodhood stays in mrs. When someone who tends to make good recommendations to you tells you several times that you will probably love somethinglisten. Meryl lee kowalski this is a very special girl in to holling. The wednesday wars is a wonderfully witty and compelling story about a teenage boys mishaps and adventures over the course of the 196768 school year. Baker finds holling and explains that they need to make some changes to their wednesday afternoon routines, though he must perform one more chorepossibly for one more cream puff.
Baker s face was pinched when we came back into the classthe disappointment of a failed assassination plot. Baker is many things in gary schmidts the wednesday wars, she is consistent. Let me tell you, if shakespeare had known about me and meryl lee and doug swietecks brother and mrs. Ela literacyrl63 describe how a particular storys or dramas plot unfolds in a. Baker takes the kids on an endoftheyear camping trip, which, despite the rain and bugs, is a memorable experience for holling. Baker, he really would have had something to write about. A 2008 newbery honor book in this newbery honorwinning novel, gary d. The wednesday wars plot diagram storyboard by bridgetbaudinet.
Holling likes to read, and he mentions several books that he enjoys. Baker is a middle school teacher who appears strict at first. He enjoys spending time there with meryl lee and watches what he considers to be a miraculous sunrise. The central conflict in gary schmidts the wednesday wars is an internal conflict within the protagonist holling hoodhood. On wednesday afternoons, while his catholic and jewish schoolmates attend religious instruction, holling hoodhood, the only presbyterian in his seventh grade, is alone in the classroom with his teacher, mrs. Holling hoodhood changes over the course of the wednesday wars. The wednesday wars chapter 1 and 2 flashcards quizlet. Bakers class who comes to the united states through the catholic relief agency to escape the vietnam war she knows very little english the students are accepting of her at first.
Baker, including her age, physical description, and character traits in the wednesday wars. She went back to reading aloud a tragic love poem by alfred, lord tennysonwho, i guess, couldnt figure out how to punctuate his own name. Meet holling hoodhood, a seventhgrader at camillo junior high, who must spend wednesday afternoons with his teacher, mrs. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one. Baker walks away, meryl lee, danny, and mai thi descend on holling to find out if he truly got a cream puff. Shakespeare is a major figure throughout the book the wednesday wars. Baker, and the hulking eighthgrade bad boy, doug swietecks brother. Sidman, but his plan to keep a tenfoot distance between himself and other students is thwarted almost immediately when doug swietecks brother. Baker told us to take our mathematics for you and me books, line up by the.