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<br /> Study Guide
<br /> DEAR TEACHER:
<br /> We have created the following study guide to help make your students' theater experience with
<br /> Theatreworks USA's production of Junie B. Jones as meaningful as possible. For many, it will be their first
<br /> time viewing a live theatrical production. We have learned that when teachers discuss the play with their
<br /> students before and after the production, the experience is more significant and long-lasting. Our study
<br /> guide provides pre and post production discussion topics, as well as related activity sheets. These are just
<br /> suggestions; please feel free to create your own activities and areas for discussion. We hope you and your
<br /> class enjoy the show!
<br /> THE STORIES
<br /> Theatreworks USA's musical is based on several books about Junie B's first grade experiences,
<br /> specifically, Junie B, First Grader (at last!), Junie B, Boss of Lunch, and Junie B, One-Man Band. The
<br /> connective tissue tying these stories together is a fourth book, Top-Secret Personal Beeswax: A Journal by
<br /> Junie B (and Me!), which features diary entries by Junie, which are designed to give children ideas, for their
<br /> own writings.
<br /> TOP-SECRET PERSONAL BEESWAX: A JOURNAL BY JUNIE B (AND ME!) Our musical opens
<br /> with Junie celebrating her new top-secret personal beeswax journal, a gift from her mother, in which she
<br /> can write and doodle anything, from her unique observations about the world, to drawings of wiener
<br /> sausages.
<br /> JUNIE B. FIRST GRADER (AT LAST!) It's Junie B's first day of first grade, and a lot of things have
<br /> changed for her: Junie's kindergarten best friend, Lucille, doesn't want to be her best pal anymore, and on
<br /> the bus Junie makes friends with the new kid at school, Herb. Also, Junie has trouble reading the
<br /> blackboard and needs glasses. She is afraid of being teased by the other children because of her new
<br /> eyewear, until Herb borrows Junie's glasses and declares that her eyes "must be very special" if she can
<br /> see through them.
<br /> JUNIE B. BOSS OF LUNCH While basking in the joy of having a brand new lunch box, Junie B notices
<br /> that in first grade, most of the other children buy their lunches from Gladys Gutzman, who brought her
<br /> kindergarten class cookies last year. When Junie B complains about no cookies in first grade, Mirs.
<br /> Gutzman offers her an assistant position, folding napkins and welcoming the other schoolchildren to the
<br /> lunchroom. But when Junie B smells lunch and loudly announces her distaste for the smell of tuna noodle
<br /> casserole, the entire class foregoes their meal, and is angry at Junie B. Mrs. Gutzman arrives at .Junie B's
<br /> class that afternoon, and asks her help in distributing cookies, and her class forgives her.
<br /> JUNIE B. ONE MAN BAND Junie B prepares for the first grade kickball tournament by kicking her
<br /> mother's watering can and badly stubs her toe. Since she and her injury-prone classmate Sheldon can't
<br /> play, the teacher, Mr. Scary, suggests that they perform a halftime show. Junie's father suggests that she
<br /> make the best of an unfortunate situation, and learn to juggle for the halftime show. As much as she
<br /> practices, she can't get the hang of it. On the day of the tournament, the large crowd intimidates
<br /> Sheldon, and he runs away, leaving Junie B by herself. The restless crowd throws biscuits at her, and Junie
<br /> tries to juggle one more time, and is successful! Her proud family and friends rush onto the field to
<br /> congratulate her.
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