No Talking

Written by Andrew Clements Illustrated by Mark Elliot PowerPoint made by Claire

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Summary

The fifth-grade girls and boys at Laketon Elementary don’t get a long at all. A big problem at their school is that this set of fifth-graders are noisy and disorderly. That is why the principal uses a big red bullhorn. One day Dave Packer (a loudmouth) bumps into an idea- a big one that makes him try to keep quiet for a whole day. What does Dave hear that day during lunch? A girl, Lynsey Burgess, jabbering away. So Dave breaks his silence and says and insult. Those words start a contest: Which team can say the fewest words during two whole days. It is boys vs. girls. How do the teachers react to this silence? What happens when the principal fells she’s losing control? Will Dave and Lynsey plunge the whole school into chaos?

The Character’s Traits

Dave

Stands up for others and himself

Respectful Friendly Persistent

Lynsey

Kind Respectful Friendly Persistent

More Things About the Characters

Dave Can’t stand girls Loves to talk Decent Student Hard Worker Reads lots of books Leader of the boys

team

Lynsey Has no patience for

boys When she starts talking

she cannot stop Loves to win Good Student Hard Worker Into Sports Does a lot of after

School Activities Leader of the Girls team

The PlotThe plot of the story is the no talking contest. They aren’t allowed to talk for 48 hours. They are only allowed to use

three word to answer a teacher. They aren’t allowed to talk at

home at all. The contest is boys vs. girls. If you say 4 words (for example) 4 points will be added to your team. The team with the

least points wins!

Setting

The setting is Laketon Elementary. Laketon Elementary is located in medium sized town in the middle of New Jersey. The story takes place in the middle of November.

ThemeThe theme of the story is do something nice later you will be rewarded for your actions. Like when Dave stood up to the principal for all the fifth graders. Later when they took tally to see who won , the boys or girls. Lynsey said it was a tie when the girls had won by far. Dave had stood up to the principal and Lynsey was grateful that he had done that so she was nice to him and said it was a tie.

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No Talking