The Homework Gnome

The Messy Desk Pest

Elevator Family One-Act Play

The one-act version of The Elevator Family is now complete.
  E-mail me for licensing.
http://www.wtmelon.com/ElevFamMusical.html

Skype Author Chats

Teachers,
I enjoy doing Skype author chats with classes around the country and abroad. I do them for no charge from my desk in Berkeley, CA, and they are great fun and easy to set up!  Let's chat about MVP: Magellan Voyage Project, the classroom creature series, Apple Island, or The Elevator Family!

E-mail me to set up a time: mvp@wtmelon.com

MVP: Magellan Voyage Project Study Guide

Teachers and Reading Group Leaders.
A 200 page study/activity guide to MVP: Magellan Voyage Project is available upon request. It includes lots of comprehension/vocabulary questions as well as world geography activities.
e-mail me for details: mvp@wtmelon.com

What's News?

I've updated the What's News? page at WT Melon.com:  http://www.wtmelon.com/a13.News.html

The School Day Begins

It’s Monday morning at 7:01.

You’re still half asleep; your homework’s half done.
Your shower is cold; your oatmeal’s dry.
Your mother forgets to kiss you good-bye.
You’re walking to school; it’s thirty degrees.
Your fingers won’t work; your toes and ears freeze.
Your zipper is stuck; your left sneaker squeaks.
Your backpack strap snaps; your soup thermos leaks.
You slip on school steps; you trip in the hall.
The toilet floods in the bathroom stall.
The gym door is locked; library’s the same.
The principal greets you by the wrong name.
Your classroom is hot; the coat rack is packed.
Your bean sprout is dead; your clay pot is cracked.
Your pencils are dull; the sharpener jams.
Your fingers get crunched when your desktop slams.
Your math partner’s gone; your neighbor is rude.
Your teacher’s again in a crabby mood.
The morning bell rings; it is 8:01.

Come cozy up to the whiteboard,
Another school day’s begun.
Read more school poems at:http://www.wtmelon.com/a12Poems.html