Chapter 5: Comedy of Hairs

Newspaper Activities for Brain Freeze

1. Compare the online versions of today´s News-Journal and the Juneau Empire. On the Web, go to nieworld.com and, on the left sidebar, find NAA (Newspaper Association of America). Under NAA, click on Newspaper sites - National. Once there, click on the map of Alaska. Scroll down, click on Juneau Empire, and print page 1 of the site. Follow the same steps, using the map of Florida, to get to and print page 1 of The News-Journal´s site. (Sunshine State Standards: SS.A.1.2, S.S.B.1.2, SS.C.2.2)

2. In this chapter, even in the face of increased challenges, the kids were determined to solve the puzzle and prove themselves worthy of the prize. From The News-Journal, clip articles that show young people working together to solve problems. With family or classmates, select a problem facing your class, school or community and try to help solve it. (Sunshine State Standards: SS.C.2.2)

3. The dog, Patsy Ann is a mascot, of sorts, for Juneau, Alaska. From the sports pages of The News-Journal, collect illustrations of and references to sports mascots. With the information, create a game that challenges friends or classmates to match the sports mascots with their teams. (Sunshine State Standards: LA.C.2.2)

The City and Borough of Juneau
The official web site of the City and Borough of Juneau (CBJ), Alaska. Juneau is located in the Panhandle of Southeast Alaska.

Allergy Awareness, Basics, and FAQs
Allergy awareness involves discovering all that you can about allergies. Basic information including an allergy quiz, glossary, frequently asked questions and allergy resource organizations will aid in your search for information.

The story of Patsy Ann
There´s a new answer to the mystery of Patsy Ann, the town dog who became famous for meeting every ship during the 1930s.

Animal Planet
It´s all about the animals, from dogs to pandas!

Key Lime Pie by GourmetSleuth
This is a very simple recipe and only takes a few minutes to prepare and 12 minutes to bake.

Mystery Writing with Joan Lowery Nixon
What does it take to create a truly spooky story? In this workshop, I´ll share writing tips, strategies, and challenges to help you write and publish a mystery. When you´re done with my workshop, you can publish your own mystery online!

How does a dog whistle work?
Dog whistles are simple. The only secret about it is that dogs can hear sounds of higher pitch than people can.

Patsy Ann: Official Greeter of Juneau, Alaska
Patsy Ann was Juneau´s canine gal about town in the 1930s.

This Week´s Featured Newspaper: http://www.juneauempire.com/

Serial Story: BRAIN FREEZE
Brain Freeze, a 10-chapter serial story, is written by Bob Rouse and illustrated by Frank Yates. Bob Rouse and Frank Yates both work for the Lexington Herald-Leader.