Archive for February, 2010

Mr. George Baker by Amy Hest

Schema: neighbors, being in kindergarten Text to self connections: learning to read Characterization: use a graphic organizer to write all of the things we read about Mr. George Baker such as his baggy pants, his suspenders, his sweater, his Hershey’s kisses in his pocket, his lunch, his desire to learn to read, his drum playing, [...]

February 17th, 2010
Posted in Characterization, Picture Books, Synthesis
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Precious and the Boo Hag by Patricia McKissack

Schema: stories that teach a lesson, folktale, stranger danger The story is written as a modern day folktale featuring the Boo Hag from the Gullah culture of South Carolina.  The Boo Hag is a legendary spirit or shape-shifter that wants to live in another person’s body, or it is also described as  riding a person [...]

February 17th, 2010
Posted in African American History, Author's Purpose, Books Boys Would Like, Drawing Conclusions, Folktales, Genres, Picture Books, Sequencing
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