Friday, November 2, 2012

Mr. Lincoln's Way by Patricia Polacco




















Setting: School
Characters: Mr. Lincoln, Eugene
Theme: Don't judge others, Have patience with others

All the children at school thought Mr. Lincoln was the coolest, but there was one student, Eugene, who was mean to all the teachers. Mr. Lincoln said he was just troubled. One day, Eugene was picking on a kid, and they said they would yell for Mr. Lincoln. Eugene said he wasn't afraid of Mr. Lincoln and called him a horrible name. Mr. Lincoln saw Eugene looking at birds so he decided he would talk to him about them. Eugene said his grandfather's farm had lots of birds. Mr. Lincoln decided he would put Eugene in charge of attracting birds to their atrium. Lots of birds came, and Eugene was happy. He didn't tease anyone. He said that the ducks and their ducklings would need a pond eventually. One day Eugene went to talk to Mr. Lincoln. He told him the his dad said Mr. Lincoln wasn't their kind. Mr. Lincoln said that people are different like birds are different, and their all beautiful. After that, Eugene promised he would be good at school. Finally the ducklings hatched, but their parents kept leaving them for the pond. Eugene and Mr. Lincoln coaxed the ducklings to the pond, and Mr. Lincoln invited Eugene's grandfather to watch. In the end, Eugene said that he would make Mr. Lincoln proud one day.