We have been reading the book “The Magic Thief” (Beehive Nominee) to grades 3-6 for a couple of months now and the students are really enjoying it. It is about a boy named Conn who is a street urchin and pickpockets to provide a living for himself. He pickpockets a wizards locus magicalicus stone and doesn’t die. (which should happen to anyone who is not a wizard). The wizard, whose name is Nevery, is astonished and intrigued. He agrees to take Conn on as his apprentice on the condition that the boy finds his own stone within a month. A locus stone is used to focus magic and work spells, every wizard has his own stone that works only for him and each stone looks different. Will Conn find his stone in time and how will he know it is his?
We are about two chapters from finding out how and where Conn will find his stone.
I gave each student a sheet of paper with two question on it.
1. How and where do you think Conn will find his locus stone?
2. What do you think his locus stone will look like?
I gave those students who wanted to share their ideas, time to read them before we discover the real answers.
Crescent Elementary
Charlene Farr
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