EGGS
BOOK BY JERRY SPINNELLI

PROJECT BY ANNIE WASSERMAN
Nov 13-18 2014

Loser is different from Eggs, because in Eggs David is just depressed; he is not being bullied. In Loser, Zinkoff has a mom and a dad, but David only has a dad. They are both sad, and so brave.

AUTHOR CRAFTS

• Similies- "They looked like twin eggs, bird eggs."
• Hyperbole- "My backback weighs a ton!"
• Personification- "The trees swayed in the breeze."
• The point of view is third person limited
• All of these author crafts were used in the story.

MAJOR CHARACTERS

• David- He is a dynamic character who is very sad, but he looks calm and cool about it.
• Primrose- Primrose is a static character who misses her dad, she always wears two "knots".
• Refrigerator John- He is a static character who wants the kids to like each other, and he lives in a shack.

MINOR CHARACTERS

• Grandma- David's Grandmother is trying to take over David's mom's place
• Father- David's dad tries to cheer David up
• Tim- Grandma tries to introduce a little boy to David
• Policeman- When David and Primrose try to run away the police man brings them back
• The Waving Man- The Waving Man waves at everyone, everywhere

MINOR CHARACTERS CONTINUED

• Primrose's Mother- She "Reads" what peoples live will be like
• Librarian- She introduces David's Grandma to everyone
• Horn Blower- Someone who blows the horn during the egg hunt
• Stealer- The boy who steals David's eggs
• Mom- David's mom who died because someone didn't follow the rules

Setting

The setting takes place in a park, in David's home, Primrose's "room", and at Refrigerator John's shack.

SITUATION

The basic situation is that David's mother just died and he thinks that if he never breaks any rules, he might be able to see his mother again.

PLOT

RISING ACTION

• David's mom died by hitting her head at the bottom of a stairwell.
• David's father is forcing him to move because his father does not want to remember this hard time.
• Primrose and David fight about which television show to put on.

CLIMAX

The climax is when David and Primrose go missing because they want to see the "big city" skyscrapers. The big city is also known as Philadelphia.

FALLING ACTION

Primrose uses her flashlight to see the police officers to rescue them in the dark.

RESOLUTION

CONFLICT

THEME


The theme is everyone needs a friend to survive the hardships of life.

HOW DID THE CHARACTER CHANGE?

David, who was the main character changed by seeing that lots of people in this world love him and support him.

CONNECTIONS

• Text to text- I have read a book where someone's mother died.
• Text to self- Sometimes I feel all olone, as if I'm the only one.
• Text to world- Lots of times on the news, I hear that kids went missing.

MY EMOTIONS

I felt a deep emotion throughout the whole story. I was very happy, but the ending made me want to cry. What made me cry was in the end Primrose and David didn't fight. In fact, they were nice to each other.