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Selected Works of Janice Repka

Books
The Stupendous Dodgeball Fiasco
This humorous middle grade novel was published by Dutton Children's Books in 2004. It was a Junior Library Guild selection, a 2008 Nebraska Golden Sower Award Honor Book, a Sunshine State Young Reader Award nominee, a Young Hoosier Book Award nominee, a Great Stone Face Award nominee, and a Keystone to Reading Book Award nominee.
The Clueless Girl's Guide to being a Genius
This book is under contract to be published by Dutton Children's Books in the Summer of 2011.
Short Stories
Love's Final Selection
This short story was the 2001 Winner of the Antietam Review Literary Contest and was published in Antietam Review, vol. 22.
Bus Number 9
This short story won first place in Writer Journal's Horror/Ghost short story contest and was published in Writer’s Journal, vol. 23.
Old Jews
This short story was published online as the winner of a WritersWeekly.com 24-hour Short Story Contest.

FOR TEACHERS

Lesson Plan


The Alabama Learning Exchange now offers a lesson plan for teachers who wish to use The Stupendous Dodgeball Fiasco in the classroom. The lesson was designed by Christina Norman of the McElwain Elementary School -Magnet. According to an overview of the plan, one chapter of Stupendous Dodgeball Fiasco is read each day to the students, after which the students discuss how that day's chapter relates to their lives. At the conclusion of the book, the students create short stories addressing what it is that they would like to change about their school and how they could go about changing it. This fun lesson plan even includes getting the class together to play a real game of dodgeball! My thanks (and admiration) go out to Christina for developing such a wonderful and creative way to make use of the principles of my book. You can go to the ALEX web site for a free download of the lesson plan.

I Love School Visits!


I have visited more than two dozen elementary schools and have been able to share my love of writing with over 2,000 enthusiastic kids! I am now busy scheduling school visits for the current school year.I am available to visit your classroom. Presentations are custom designed to suit your school's needs and may include any of the following: how I became a writer; chaper reading; trivia game; sensory writing exercise bookmark craft; sharing time; works-in-progress; questions and answer time; and autographing. I request a modest fee to cover expenses. Please E-mail me at JaniceRepka@​aol.com for further information or to request a school visit brochure.

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS


Chapters 1 -10


1. Why does Phillip want to leave the circus?

2. Are things better when Phillip gets to Hardingtown? Why or why not?

Chapters 11 -20


1. Why does B.B. break Phillip's glasses?

2. What does Phillip do about it? What else could he have done?

Chapters 21 - 30


1. If you were Judge Monn, how would you decide Phillip's lawsuit?

2. Discuss something you did because you felt it was right even though others disagreed.
Here I am with the Stupendous Students of Cleveland Elementary School in Hillsborough County.

My favorite award!

This Book Talk Podcast was produced for a battle of the books competition.

Reading at a book store event.

This is a thank you note from one of the many schools I have visited.

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JOURNAL EXERCISE IDEA

Using as much detail as possible, describe Hardingtown.