Matthew                               12-22-99
Gregory


    Some people may be a great artist and some people may  not  be an artist. Gregory was a great  artist in the story.  Gregory was a good artist in the story  because  Gregory made a picture of an alligator and a ship that were great.  I  know that  Gregory is a good artist  because Ivy gave her  drawing prize to Gregory.  The prize was paint  brushes and chalk and  paint.  There were pens and pencils  in the prize.  I know that Gregory is a good artist  because  at  the end of the story Mr.  Hiller said that he would bring his camera tomorrow  and take a picture of the garden that Gregory drew.
    A lot of people may have a lot of  friends and some people might have 7 or 8 friends. Making friends is important to Gregory. Gregory made his friends by being shy in the story. Gregory was shy and so was Ivy. They didn't talk a lot in the story but being shy is not  bad. I know that being shy is  not bad because in the story they made friends even though they were shy so it is not bad to be  shy.


 Theme

     You might have made some lies or alot of lies... Lies are not  right  but sometimes it  turns out ok.  In the book Gregory lied to his friends  and Ivy about his garden .  He said that he made a reel garden but it was only made out of chalk.   Ivy found out  that  the garden was made out of chalk and  she thought it was great .  Gregory made friends with Ivy even  though he lied about the garden.  At  the end  his mom and dad found out about Gregory's chalk garden and  Gregory didn't get in trouble for lieing.
 

My Favorite Part


     My favorite part of the  story was when Gregory found the chalk in the  burned down building.  He drew an  alligator and a ship  on the wall. I liked that part  because he found a box that had sticks and  a perfect peace of chalk. I  liked that part because I like to draw too.  I like to make many  pictures.