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▲ Joanna Chen Jefferson School, fourth grade ▲ Rachael Edgar Corry Intermediate, fifth grade ▲ Jenna Rosa Wattsburg Elementary, fourth grade ▲ Romar Kent Wayne School, fifth grade ▲ Aniyah Barnes Edison School, fifth grade ▲ Josh Martin Luther Memorial, sixth grade ✄ Clip and save to create your very own book. ✄ Send us your writings: [email protected] Please send artwork to: Erie Times-News in Education 205 W. 12th St., Erie, PA 16534 All artwork should be in color and on 8 1 ⁄2-by-11-inch plain white paper. Be sure to include your name, school, grade and teacher’s name on the back of your submission! Chapter 8: Take Me out to the Ball Game The story so far: Robyn has figured out who won the seed-spitting contest. She’s about to announce the winner. I know the winner of the seed-spitting contest. I can tell by looking at the seeds. One is a perfectly shaped watermelon seed. The other has teeth marks all along the edges. The perfect one went farther. “Sarah is the winner,” I proclaim. “How do you know?” Mrs. Rogers asks. “Henry chews on his seeds, but Sarah doesn’t,” I say. “This seed has clearly been chewed,” I explain while pointing to the seed that didn’t fly as far. Henry knows that I am right. After all, the whole neighborhood is my witness. We all saw him chew the seed before he spat. “We have a seed-spitting champion,” Mrs. Rogers says. “For the fourth year in a row ... Sarah!” The crowd cheers. I cheer, too. Mrs. Rogers gives Sarah her prize, a giant watermelon and a trophy. Sarah asks Mrs. Rogers to cut it open. She wants to share it with the whole neighborhood. My mouth starts to water. I could use a snack. Just as I reach for a piece ... “ROBYN!” I don’t even need to turn around to know who it is. “What do you want, Roxanne?” “You have to come with me,” she says. “Again.” “I can’t,” I say. “I’m going to eat some watermelon. Then I have to interview Sarah.” “Come on,” she says. “There’s a big emergency at the baseball field.” Roxanne doesn’t even wait for me to respond. She takes off running. She means business. I guess my interview with Sarah will have to wait. I take off after Roxanne. She is running so fast that I can’t even catch up to her. I just see her brown ponytail swishing back and forth. When we both get to the baseball field, she stops to fix her hair and then points toward the field. “What is it?” I ask. “Look!” Roxanne says. “See for your- self.” I look out across the field and see what she is talking about. There’s no baseball game going on. Something is definitely wrong. J.P. and Corinna walk up to me. I look at them questioningly. “OK, here’s the deal,” J.P. says. “Give her the shortened version,” Corinna says. “We have to keep looking.” “Right,” he says. “The baseball game kicked off. It was going well until the sec- ond inning.” “What happened in the second in- ning?” I ask. “I’ll get there,” J.P. says. “In the second inning, a practical joker started mocking the umpire. He started yelling out calls — ‘Strike,’ ‘Ball,’ even ‘You’re out!’” “Wait a minute,” I say. “How do you know it was a he?” J.P. shrugs. “That’s beside the point,” he says. “What I’m trying to say is it ru- ined the game. Everyone was confused — the players, the coaches, the crowd, even the ump!” “Who was it?” I ask. Corinna butts in. “That’s what we’re trying to figure out,” she says. “No one knows, and if we can’t figure out who it is, we can’t stop it.” This is a big story. No, not just big. Huge. Someone is trying to ruin the neighborhood baseball game. This might be the biggest story of the block party. “OK, J.P.,” I say. “You’re in charge. What do you want us to do?” My mom says that the best reporters don’t always have to be in charge. I know J.P. will do a good job, so I give him the assignment. “We have to spread out,” J.P. says. “Corinna, you take the outfield. Roxanne, you take the concession stand. Robyn, you and I will split the bleachers.” “What are we looking for?” Corinna asks. “The whole neighborhood has been looking, and no one has found anything.” “Yeah,” I say. “What are we looking for?” “Everything,” J.P. says. I don’t know what that’s supposed to mean, but I did put J.P. in charge. “You got it,” I say. “Let’s go.” We all scatter in different directions. I go to the bleachers and start looking around. Before I see anything, the home plate umpire stands up in front of the crowd. “The guilty party needs to step forward or this game will be canceled,” the um- pire says. The crowd does not seem happy. The ump holds his hands up to quiet the audi- ence. “I’m sorry,” he says. “But this has been going on for three innings. We can’t continue the game under these condi- tions.” He says he will wait 10 minutes. If someone doesn’t confess by then, the game will be over. We have to work fast. The crowd is starting to get really loud. As I survey the crowd, I try to figure out who the jokester is. There are too many people and too many noises. I can’t con- centrate. I close my eyes and try to block out all the other noises. “Strike!” My eyes fly open. Did I hear what I think I did? “Strike!” This time I’m sure of what I heard. Someone is calling a strike. And it’s not the ump. I look around the crowd, but no one else seems to have noticed. It’s not hard to see why. This baseball game has turned into another zoo. I know I heard someone say “Strike,” but there’s no way to tell where it came from. This place is nuts! It’s just too loud. Wait a minute, I think to myself. I know how to solve this mystery. Provided by American Press Institute Copyright © 2006 Stacy Tornio Robyn reports: The nutty neighborhood block party Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Follow each new chapter as it unravels in our serial story, while enjoying student responses and artwork. “Honk!” a musical presented by Erie Playhouse’s Youtheatre — Nov. 13-15, 20-22 Ugly looks quite a bit different from his darling duckling brothers and sisters. The other animals on the farm are quick to notice and point this out, despite his mother’s protective flapping. Feeling rather foul about himself, the little fowl finds himself on an adventure of self discovery all the while unknowingly outwitting a very hungry Cat. Along the way Ugly meets a whole flock of unique characters and finds out being different is not a bad thing to be. Since it first hatched in 1993, Stiles & Drewe’s musical “Honk!” has winged its way around the world in more than 8,000 productions and in many different languages. Winner of multiple awards, including the 2000 Olivier Award for Best Musical, this heart-warming celebration of being different is sure to delight audiences of all ages with its sparkling wit and memorable score. Writing prompt: The other animals on the farm are quick to point out that the ugly duckling is very different. He gets very sad and upset because the other animals bully him, just because of his looks. Just like on the farm, bullying occurs in school, too. Write a paragraph about why we should stop bullying in school. What can you do to help eliminate bullying? Artwork prompt: Create your own flag — design your own flag! Tell us why you’re unique and different from everyone else. Create a flag that represents you. Use your favorite colors and shapes, and draw your favorite hobbies and interests. Tell the world about you through your flag! E-mail your writing and artwork to [email protected] or mail it to Erie Times-News in Education, 205 W. 12th St., Erie, PA 16534, by Monday, Nov. 9. A panel of judges from the Erie Times-News and Erie Playhouse will pick six artwork winners and four writing winners, who will have their artwork or writing published in the Nov. 16 edition of the Erie Times-News. Winners will each receive a four-pack of tickets to one showing of “Honk!” and an NIE gift package. Last chance: Enter drawing for chance to win Student Corner: Erie Times-News in Education understands that there is limited space to print ALL of the student artwork and writing in the newspaper. That’s why you can find more at Stu- dent Corner on the NIE website. In the Student Corner, every piece of artwork that is submitted to the Erie Times-News for the Monday NIE page is published. If you would like to see all of this year’s student artwork, visit NIE.GoErie.com and click on “Student.” From there, just click on “Student Cor- ner” to see this year’s collection of work. Extra! Extra! Write all about it! By STACY TORINO Illustrated by ROEL WIELINGA This page brought to you by: Robyn spotted the teeth marks on the seed when no one else did. That may be because she is a reporter. What attributes might a good reporter have? Find a story in your Erie Times-News that was written by a reporter you think is a good writer. Figure out what questions he or she might have asked in researching the story. NEWSPAPER ACTIVITY Teachers: Get more online! Visit the Erie Times- News in Education web- site at NIE.GoErie.com to find lesson plans, class- room activities and stu- dent artwork and writing. Contact NIE@timesnews. com to receive a special teacher’s guide for “Robin Reports.” 6D | Erie Times-News | GoErie.com | Monday, November 9, 2015
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▲ Joanna ChenJefferson School, fourth grade
▲ Rachael EdgarCorry Intermediate, fifth grade
▲ Jenna RosaWattsburg Elementary, fourth grade
▲ Romar KentWayne School, fifth grade
▲ Aniyah BarnesEdison School, fifth grade
▲ Josh MartinLuther Memorial, sixth grade
✄ Clip and save to create your very own book. ✄
Send us your writings:[email protected]
Please send artwork to:Erie Times-News in Education
205 W. 12th St., Erie, PA 16534
All artwork should be in color andon 81⁄2-by-11-inchplain white paper.
Be sure to include your name,school, grade and teacher’s nameon the back of your submission!
Chapter 8: Take Me out to the BallGame
The story so far: Robyn has figured outwho won the seed-spitting contest. She’sabout to announce the winner.
Iknowthewinneroftheseed-spittingcontest. I can tell by looking at theseeds. One is a perfectly shaped
watermelon seed. The other has teethmarks all along the edges. The perfectone went farther.
“Sarah is the winner,” I proclaim.“Howdoyouknow?”Mrs.Rogersasks.“Henry chews on his seeds, but Sarah
doesn’t,” I say. “This seed has clearlybeen chewed,” I explain while pointingto the seed that didn’t fly as far.
Henry knows that I am right. After all,the whole neighborhood is my witness.We all saw him chew the seed before hespat.
“We have a seed-spitting champion,”Mrs.Rogerssays.“Forthefourthyearina row ... Sarah!”
The crowd cheers. I cheer, too. Mrs.Rogers gives Sarah her prize, a giantwatermelon and a trophy. Sarah asksMrs. Rogers to cut it open. She wants toshareitwiththewholeneighborhood.Mymouthstartstowater.Icoulduseasnack.Just as I reach for a piece ...
“ROBYN!”I don’t even need to turn around to
know who it is.“What do you want, Roxanne?”“You have to come with me,” she says.
“Again.”“I can’t,” I say. “I’m going to eat some
watermelon. Then I have to interviewSarah.”
“Come on,” she says. “There’s a bigemergency at the baseball field.”
Roxanne doesn’t even wait for me
to respond. She takes off running. Shemeans business.
I guess my interview with Sarah willhave to wait.
ItakeoffafterRoxanne.Sheisrunningso fast that I can’t even catch up to her.I just see her brown ponytail swishingback and forth. When we both get to thebaseball field, she stops to fix her hairand then points toward the field.
“What is it?” I ask.“Look!” Roxanne says. “See for your-
self.”Ilookoutacrossthefieldandseewhat
she is talking about. There’s no baseballgame going on. Something is definitelywrong.
J.P. and Corinna walk up to me. I lookat them questioningly.
“OK, here’s the deal,” J.P. says.“Give her the shortened version,”
Corinnasays.“Wehavetokeeplooking.”“Right,” he says. “The baseball game
kickedoff.Itwasgoingwelluntilthesec-ond inning.”
“What happened in the second in-ning?” I ask.
“I’llgetthere,”J.P.says.“Inthesecondinning,apracticaljokerstartedmockingtheumpire.Hestartedyellingoutcalls—‘Strike,’ ‘Ball,’ even ‘You’re out!’”
“Wait a minute,” I say. “How do youknow it was a he?”
J.P. shrugs. “That’s beside the point,”he says. “What I’m trying to say is it ru-ined the game. Everyone was confused— the players, the coaches, the crowd,even the ump!”
“Who was it?” I ask.Corinna butts in. “That’s what we’re
trying to figure out,” she says. “No oneknows, and if we can’t figure out who itis, we can’t stop it.”
This is a big story. No, not just big.Huge. Someone is trying to ruin theneighborhoodbaseballgame.Thismightbe the biggest story of the block party.
“OK, J.P.,” I say. “You’re in charge.What do you want us to do?”
My mom says that the best reportersdon’talwayshavetobeincharge.IknowJ.P. will do a good job, so I give him theassignment.
“We have to spread out,” J.P. says.“Corinna,youtaketheoutfield.Roxanne,you take the concession stand. Robyn,you and I will split the bleachers.”
“What are we looking for?” Corinnaasks.“Thewholeneighborhoodhasbeenlooking,andnoonehasfoundanything.”
“Yeah,” I say. “What are we lookingfor?”
“Everything,” J.P. says.I don’t know what that’s supposed to
mean, but I did put J.P. in charge.“You got it,” I say. “Let’s go.”We all scatter in different directions.
I go to the bleachers and start lookingaround. Before I see anything, the homeplate umpire stands up in front of thecrowd.
“Theguiltypartyneedstostepforwardor this game will be canceled,” the um-pire says.
The crowd does not seem happy. Theumpholdshishandsuptoquiettheaudi-ence. “I’m sorry,” he says. “But this hasbeengoingonforthreeinnings.Wecan’tcontinue the game under these condi-tions.”
He says he will wait 10 minutes. Ifsomeone doesn’t confess by then, thegame will be over. We have to work fast.The crowd is starting to get really loud.As I survey the crowd, I try to figure outwho the jokester is. There are too manypeople and too many noises. I can’t con-centrate. Iclosemyeyesandtrytoblockout all the other noises.
“Strike!”My eyes fly open. Did I hear what I
think I did?“Strike!”This time I’m sure of what I heard.
Someone is calling a strike. And it’s nottheump.Ilookaroundthecrowd,butnoone else seems to have noticed. It’s nothard to see why. This baseball game hasturned into another zoo.
I know I heard someone say “Strike,”but there’s no way to tell where it camefrom.Thisplaceisnuts!It’sjusttooloud.
Waitaminute,Ithinktomyself.Iknowhow to solve this mystery.
Provided byAmerican Press Institute
Copyright © 2006 Stacy Tornio
Robyn reports: The nutty neighborhood block party
Extra! Extra! Read all about it!Follow each new chapter as it unravels in our serial story, while enjoying student responses and artwork.
“Honk!” a musical presented byErie Playhouse’s Youtheatre — Nov.13-15, 20-22
Ugly looks quitea bitdifferent from his darlingduckling brothersand sisters.The otheranimals on the farmare quick to notice and pointthis out, despite his mother’sprotective flapping.Feelingrather foul abouthimself, thelittle fowl finds himself on anadventure of self discovery allthe while unknowinglyoutwitting a very hungryCat.Along the way Ugly meets awhole flock of uniquecharactersand finds out beingdifferent is nota bad thingto be.
Sinceit first hatchedin 1993,Stiles & Drewe’s musical“Honk!” has winged its wayaround the worldin more than8,000 productions and in manydifferent languages.Winner ofmultiple awards, including the2000 Olivier Award for BestMusical, this heart-warmingcelebration of beingdifferent issure to delightaudiences of allages with its sparkling wit andmemorable score.
Writing prompt: The otheranimals on the farm are quickto point out that the uglyduckling is very different. Hegets very sad and upset becausethe other animals bully him,just because of his looks. Justlike on the farm, bullyingoccurs in school, too. Write aparagraph about why weshould stop bullying in school.What can you do to helpeliminate bullying?
Artwork prompt: Createyourown flag — design your own flag!Tell us why you’re unique anddifferent from everyoneelse.Create a flag that representsyou. Use your favorite colors
and shapes, and draw yourfavorite hobbies and interests.Tell the world about youthrough your flag!
E-mail your writing andartwork to [email protected] mail it to Erie Times-NewsinEducation, 205 W. 12th St.,Erie,PA 16534, by Monday, Nov. 9. Apanel of judges from the ErieTimes-NewsandEriePlayhousewill pick six artwork winnersand four writing winners, whowill have theirartwork orwritingpublished in the Nov. 16editionof the Erie Times-News.Winners will eachreceive afour-packof tickets to oneshowing of “Honk!” and an NIEgift package.
Last chance: Enter drawing for chance to win
Student Corner: Erie Times-News in Educationunderstands that there is limited space to printALL of the student artwork and writing in thenewspaper. That’s why you can find more at Stu-dent Corner on the NIE website. In the StudentCorner, every piece of artwork that is submitted tothe Erie Times-News for the Monday NIE page ispublished. If you would like to see all of this year’sstudentartwork,visitNIE.GoErie.comandclickon“Student.” From there, just click on “Student Cor-ner” to see this year’s collection of work.
Extra! Extra! Write all about it!
By STACY TORINOIllustrated by ROEL WIELINGA
This page brought to you by:
Robyn spotted the teeth markson the seed when no one else did.That may be because she is areporter. What attributes might agood reporter have? Find a story inyour Erie Times-News that waswritten by a reporter you think is agood writer. Figure out whatquestions he or she might haveasked in researching the story.
NewSpaper activity
Teachers:Get more online!
Visit the Erie Times-News in Education web-site at NIE.GoErie.com tofind lesson plans, class-room activities and stu-dent artwork and writing.Contact [email protected] to receive a specialteacher’sguidefor“RobinReports.”
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