Thing-Thing is a great story to demonstrate personification. A very spoiled boy throws Thing-Thing out of the window of a tall hotel. As it falls it causes an effect on all of the people on the floors below who see it falling. This story makes a connection with Corduroy as it is a stuffed toy [...]
Schema: State Fair, contests Set during the state fair, very loud Frederick investigates all of the contests to find one that he thinks he could win. This book would be a fun book to use for characterization. Use the describing wheel to list the character traits of Frederick. Internal Consistency: Why is it logical that [...]
Schema: animals that live in trees This book is a great one for demonstrating symbolism, metaphor, and personification as the tree protects the little raccoon during the storm. The raccoon never knows the way the tree protected it. An illustration at the end of the story shows the tree as on the cover with a [...]
Schema: movies about martial arts Honorable Samurai warrior, Takeshi, proves worthy to receive the sword made by a master sword maker when he expresses his views about hurting someone without cause is showing weakness and that being responsible is helping when a person can. Of the six traits of writing, voice is one that this [...]
Lots of words to read in this graphic novel of three men who vow to be loyal to each other during much fighting and wars in China. Lots of fighting, but not much violence is illustrated. The action more involves the trials of being loyal during the war and being separated in different regimes. This [...]
Schema: ducks, stories in which animals wear clothing Each day Duck wears either socks, a tie, boots, a hat, and underwear. This is a very simple book that would entertain the youngest listeners while teaching them the names of clothes. Sequence the order of what the duck wears.
Schema: fictional writing This book is a great way to introduce creative writing. The girl in the story sees that there is going to be a story writing contest at local library. She decides to write, gets stumped, then asks members of her family about what to write that would make a good story. She [...]
This book could be set during the Great Depression. The story is told from the middle child, Jack’s, point of view. Of the Six Traits for writing, “voice” is the one that this book best demonstrates. Set in the country, poor, but compassionate children steal the unharvested potatoes from a neighbor. They draw the conclusion that [...]
Schema: common fairytales Text-to-Self Connections: How is a story a neat line? How can a story have a messy line? Could the line represent the beginning, the middle, and the end of a story? Have you ever read a story that didn’t have a “neat” or all tidy and wrapped up ending? Fairytale characters are [...]
Schema: listening, what happens when we don’t listen Text-to-Self Connections: not paying attention when parents ask you to do something for them Text-to-Text Connection: Another book by the same author, Hurty Feelings, is also a good one for teaching cause and effect. Because Fragility sees elephant upset, the effect is that Fragility feels sorry [...]
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