Jim Tobin

"The Very Inappropriate Word" is about a boy named Michael, who loves words. He loves to explore and collect the whatever words he can discover. One day he picks up a new word that is actually a bad word. He hears it everywhere, so of course it's stuck inside his head. Since its stuck inside his head, Michael tells people the word and eventually the whole class is saying this inappropriate word. The teacher hears about it and asks Micheal to help her with something. After school the teacher takes Micheal into the library and asks him to pick out new spelling words. Micheal found tons of new words and eventually forgot about that very inappropriate one. This would be a good lesson to use inside the classroom because it teaches that curiosity can broaden your horizon, but to be careful of what your seeking.… (altro)