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What Happens Next?

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:

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.

“What do you want?” said the man.

“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.

“This is Margalo,” said the man.

“You must know each other,” said the man.

“I’ll make you a deal,” said Stuart. “I’ll give you a whole ten dollars if you’ll let me have your bird.”

“It’s a deal,” said the man.

“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.

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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Stuart Little

by E. B. White, illustrated by Garth Williams

Grades 2–5 | Ages 7–10

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A Note from Judy

Important lesson of the week: Never be afraid to be your own unique, quirky, and spectacular self! So grab a class set of this week’s Dollar Deal, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli, and celebrate what makes each of your students stand out.

Tune in as the Book Boys share their “Stargirl qualities”—then let students discover their own with this fun classroom activity; hear how a teacher and student imagine having Stargirl in their school; and catch a behind-the-scenes interview with Jerry Spinelli himself.

We hope you and your students enjoy Stargirl and that it encourages your class to be proud of what makes each person special!

Judy Newman

Reader in Chief
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