Snowflake+Bentley





In class we have been learning how to summarize. We know that summaries take the most important parts of a story and communicate what they are in a short and concise way. Together we read Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin. Below I've listed the story elements that we identified as being important to this story. We've discussed which elements are the most important. Your job is to write a summary of this book using the notes we've developed as a class. Post your summary as a discussion to this page. Give your classmates feedback about their summaries the way that we do in class. Your summary is due Friday, December 7. Mrs. McDonald's Book Trailer media type="custom" key="21679592" For more information about Wilson A. Bentley please visit his official website by clicking on the banner below.

Jonathan Beauregard

Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin is a biography about Willie Bentley and how he figured out a way to share snow with the world. One day on a Vermont farm in the 1860’s there was a boy that had a dream. His dream was to share snowflakes with the world. He picks flowers for his mom and gets other nature but he just can’t share snow because when he touches the snow it melts. But one day he comes up with an idea, he shows his parents a microscope camera in a magazine. For his 17’th birthday his parents buy him the microscope camera. Snowflake Bentley worked very hard to take pictures of snowflakes. He starts to show slideshows, give speeches. Then finally he got a book published of his work with snowflakes. 6 weeks after he got his book published he walked 6 miles in a snow storm, got pneumonia and died. Even though he died, he became famous around the world because he never gave up his belief that his work was important.

Kobe Dias Snowflake Bently by Jacqueline Briggs Martin is a story about a boy named Wilson "Snowflake" Bentley. He wanted to share snow with the world but could not find a way until he found a microscope camera to take pictures of snowflakes. His parents bought the camera with their life savings because they wanted to make Willy happy. So when he did take pictures of snowflakes up close, no one cared. He made slideshows and gave speeches about the snowflakes so people could know what the snowflakes looked like. He then got a book published about snowflakes. Six weeks later he walked six miles in a snow storm, got pneumonia and died. He never gave up on his belief and passion for snowflakes.

Loren Horton Snowflake Bently by Jacqueline Briggs Martin is a true story about a boy named Wison Bentley (AKA Snowflake Bentley).He wants to share snowflakes with the world but he could not.Until he found a microscope camera so he could share the snow crystals.His parents got him the camera with there life savings so they can make Willy happy.He shared his pics as slide shows.But no one cared.He gave speeches about snow so people could see what snowflakes looked like.He then got a book of snowflakes published.Six weeks later he walked six miles in a snow storm and got pneumonia.He got to share snowflakes like he wanted.This neighbors tell the story of the man who loved snow. They made a museum in his memory of Wilson Bentley the man who loved snow.