Free Downloadable Classroom Activity for Stuart Little by E. B. White
by Alana Pedalino and Hisami Aoki
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When your students give this describe-and-sketch classroom activity a try, they will be joining a storied tradition!
Ever since E. B. White’s Stuart Little was published in 1945, teachers across the country have been encouraging their students to resolve the story’s open ending by writing a new final chapter. Encourage your students to imagine “What happens next?” and give Stuart Little an alternate ending with this free downloadable worksheet.
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Get students inspired with this example. After a teacher taught the novel in class, a fifth grader from Glencoe, Illinois, revised the ending of Stuart Little in 1946:
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After talking to the repairman, Stuart took the road heading north. “Chug-chug” went his car. “Five drops running out,” thought Stuart. “I’ll stop at that filling station just ahead.” So he drove in.
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“What do you want?” said the man.
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“Five and one-half drops,” said Stuart. “The last five drops I got didn’t take me as far as I wanted to go.” Just then Stuart saw a bird hop out of the filling station.
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“This is Margalo,” said the man.
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“You must know each other,” said the man.
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“I’ll make you a deal,” said Stuart. “I’ll give you a whole ten dollars if you’ll let me have your bird.”
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“It’s a deal,” said the man.
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“Hop in, Margalo,” said Stuart and away they went. They were married back in New York and raised a family of half mice and half birds.
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We would love to hear and read your students’ ideas about what happens next in Stuart Little. Please share with us on social media using the hashtag #ScholasticBookClubs.
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