Michael Recycle

                                                 Michael Recycle

                                                     By Colton Glover

       In the book Michael Recycle, Michael is looked upon as a hero in the town of Abberdoo-Rimey. Abberdoo-Rimeny was a town that was growing full of garbage because the people there became rather lazy. Everybody would throw all of their trash outside of their house, which caused the town to become slimy, smelly, and caused the air to become all hazy. The people were used to littering and dumping garbage wherever they felt like until Michael Recycle showed up. Michael arrived in a way none could explain, “A green-caped crusader soared through the air, with a colander hat on top of his hair. He bounced off the earth with a thump and a bump, and then landed in a town garbage dump.” After Michael’s arrival he showed the town the importance of recycling their old trash. They then began to take pride in their little town and began to recycle and take care of what they had. They also started a “Be Greener Campaign.”

          This book would be a great read aloud. An activity that I think would go along well with this book would be after the read aloud break the students up into small groups. Instruct the students to come up with one main idea each and proof that supports it from the story and share why they choose that particular part from the story. After everybody in the group has given a key point the group should come up with an illustration to represent the main ideas given by the group. This not only helps the students summarize the story together by pulling out the main ideas but also allows them to work together to come up with a illustration to represent the story.

          This book would be a fun way to show the importance of recycling. More now than ever, we need to teach our students to start recycling because the damage it causes to our planet. Providing a comic read aloud not only gets the students involved but it teaches a meaningful life lesson.