Bad Apple : A Tale of Friendship by Edward Hemingway is a great story about an unlikely friendship between an apple and a worm. Use this book companion with apple, farm, fall, back to school, or year round activities. This literacy-based resource targets describing vocabulary, sequencing, story retelling, idioms, sorting fruit & vegetables, 5 senses, verbs, social skills, phonemic awareness (phoneme segmentation), and comprehension questions. Step-by-step lesson directions are provided. T