Name

Summary Organizer
Title of Text

Mr. Peabodys Apples

Main Characters

Mr. Peabody

Author of Text

Madonna

Setting

Happville

Minor Characters

Tommy Tittlebottom;
Billy Little; Mr. Funkadeli

Main Events

-Tommy saw Mr Peabody take an apple, told everyone that Mr Peabody was a
thief.
-News spread quickly about Mr. Peabody.
-Billy told Mr. Peabody about what he had heard and stood up for baseball.
-Mr. Peabody has Tommy bring a pillow and he spreads the feathers.
Message/Theme/Moral of the Text

Words can be
powerful, so dont
jump to conclusions,
wait until you have
real evidence

Evidence to Support Message/Theme/Moral of the Text

-Wait until you have real evidence.proves power

of words-Tommy jumped to a conclusion, eventhough he
had no real evidence that Mr. Peabody was a thief.
-What is done can not be undone.

Summary

In the story Mr. Peabodys Apples by Madonna, we learn that words can be
powerful, so dont jump to conclusions, wait until you have real evidence. In the
town of Happville, there was a man named Mr. Peabody who was the history
teacher and baseball coach. One day, Tommy, who was one of the baseball
players, saw Mr. Peabody take an apple without paying he told everyone that Mr
Peabody was a thief. By the next baseball game, nobody showed up to play which
shows the power of words. News spread quickly about Mr. Peabody because
Tommy was too quick to jump to conclusions eventhough he didnt have all of the
evidence. Billy told Mr. Peabody about what he had heard when he was the only
one to show up for baseball. Mr. Peabody then has Tommy bring a pillow to the
baseball diamond and he spreads the feathers. This teaches us that what is done
can not be undone. This story taught us that rumours can spread quickly, so we
should not jump to a conclusion before we have real evidence.