The Top Job

"The Top Job" was a very cute and exciting book for children. This book was truly an eye opener that something does not have to seem interesting or cool for it to be interesting or cool. The students did not want to hear about the protagonist's father changing a light bulb because that was not as cool as what the other parents did. But the protagonist did not give up, she knew her dad's job was cool so she kept talking. This book would invite students to use their imagination as our protagonist did. She used her imagination and took from the other parents' jobs that were very cool and found a way to incorporate it into her own story.

This realistic fiction books is about career day in a classroom. All the students share what their parents do. Everyone's parents have exciting jobs excpet one girl tells the class about what her dad does and they don't think it's exciting until she continues her story. When she is finished with her story the entire class wants to visit her dad at his work. This would be a great book to introduce career day in your own classroom.

This is a good example of realistic fiction. The students in your classroom can easily relate to students in this book becaues they would encouter similar situations. This teaches students about what it is like to have your parents have different jobs like a jeweler, Nascar driver, UFO hunter, and changing light blubs on high towers. I really like the way that the author introduces the little girl who's dad changes light blubs. Some people laugh at her and beging to ignore her, but he is so proud of what her dad does and others become interested as she shares a story of how he changed the light bulb on the top of the Empire State Building. She is a round character because we learn more about her adventures and family through her story. show more She is static because she doesn't change we simply learn more about her. I would use this in a Primary classroom. The media is acrylics. show less

On Career Day, a young girl entertains the class with a description of her father's exciting job as light bulb changer at the top of the Empire State Building.

In this neat story,all the kids in class have an exciting story to tell about their parents' careers on career day. One young girl's dad at first seems to have a not so exciting job, but after describing his job, students realize how exciting hi job truly is.

This is about a girl who shares her Dad's career on career day. At first no one is interested because she tells the class that her Dad changes lightbulbs. She then goes into detail about how actually he Dad changes lightbulbs in the Empire State building and has to climb thousands of feet to give electricity to huge monuments. She says she gets to help her Dad and immediately the class becomes interested. He even gets to wash glass on Lady Liberty. The class is so intrigued by her story and she is so proud of what her Dad does and how she gets to help him with his job. This book is an example of a modern fantasy book.

Summary: During career day at school, a class much shares the jobs of their parents. One young girl tells the class that her dad changes light bulbs. The class doesn’t think that is very exciting at first until the girls explains what light bulb her dad changes. She continues with an exciting story that brings the climax to the very top of the Empire State Building where her dad must change the light bulb. The class is amazed at the exciting story she tells and they are quite impressed with his job as well.
Critique: The plot of this story is quite enthralling. The young girl tells the story in great detail without giving away the fact that the building her dad is on is the highest building in the world. So climax of the book shows show more her dad changing the bulb and showing a large picture of the magnificence of the Empire State Building. This realistic fiction also shows classes that there really is a job for everyone. Things don’t fix themselves, but people like this girl’s dad must work to fix them, even just changing a tiny light bulb.
Teacher Use: A teacher could use this book to teach children different types of jobs there are in the world. The teacher could tell the students that everything requires some kind of job. Ask the students other types of jobs that are unique but require someone to fix.
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