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That meanie Jim has invited everyone in Room
Nine to his birthday party on Saturday- except Junie B.! Should
she have her own birthday party six months early and not invite
Jim? Or should she move to It's a Small World After All in Disneyland?
In this guide, a language arts lesson is used to discuss the proper way to deal with and express anger.
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"Have you ever been the only one not invited to a birthday? (Me too!) But when I started writing this book, I was sure that Junie B. would find a way to end up at Jim's party whether he wanted her there or not!) But then came Chapter 8 . . . and she bought him that wonderful tool belt. And all of a sudden I knew that there was no way Junie B. Jones would ever be able to give that meanie boy such a wonderful gift! "So what's the next best thing to a party? "Fixing a toilet, of course! "Especially if it's with your favorite grandpa!"
©1996 Barbara Park
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Pre-Reading Activities
In Junie B. Jones and That Meanie Jim's Birthday, Junie B. is very upset when Jim doesn't invite her to his birthday party and decides she wants to move her birthday to the same day, so she can have a party. Her mother explains that birthdays don't work that way. Design a calendar or use an existing one to show all of your students' birthdays and display it in the classroom.
 Mad
as a Wet Hen
When Junie B. isn't invited to that Jim's birthday party, she expresses her anger by making up a story about a mean boy who gets stompled into a pancake and eaten by children. Ask your students to share situations in their own lives that made them feel angry. Have them discuss acceptable ways we deal with anger in the real world. Then, have them write stories expressing and resolving anger in imaginative ways often found in folk and fairy tales.
 Printable
Activities
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