Books read in December

William:
The Tower Treasure (Hardy Boys #1) by Franklin W. Dixon (finished 12/4)
Akimbo and the Elephants by Alexander McCall Smith (finished 12/13)
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O’Brian (finished 12/14)

How to play Guess Who.

by William

This is how you play Guess Who.  There are cards of different people with their names under them.  You pick one, and you have a big board with all the people on it.  There’s two boards, one for each person.  They ask you a question like “Does your guy have white hair?” and if you say “No,” they flip down all the guys on their board that have white hair.  And then you ask a question like “Does your guy have a moustache?” and if they say “Yes.” you flip down everyone else besides the guys that have moustaches.  If the other team guy decides that he thinks he’s found your one and he says, “Is your guy Chris?” and if you say “No.” they flip down Chris.
And if you say, “Is your guy Bill?” and if they say, “Yes.” you win.

(Homeschool writing assignement.  Have your child explain how to play his favorite game in no more than eight sentences.)

The Tower Treasure by Franklin W. Dixon

by William

“The Tower Treasure” is about detectives.  The detectives names are Frank and Joe Hardy.  And they’re trying to arrest someone who stole the jewels from the tower and who also stole Chet’s car.  They tried to explore places to try to find the car.  The person who stole the car stole the car before the jewels from the tower.  The person who stole the treasure and the car was Red Jackley.  He always wore red wigs.  They found the car and the jewels.

(William’s first book summary.  The assignment was to condense a book into eight sentences, which was harder than it sounded!)