Archive for August, 2010

Squirrel’s World by Lisa Moser

Schema: Squirrels live in trees, cute, furry, eat nuts “A Busy, Busy, Busy Start” Drawing Conclusions: What text evidence supports the conclusion that squirrel is not a good listener?   He makes many apples fall when mouse told him she only needed one. Cause and Effect: Because Squirrel rolled 10 ears of corn down the hill [...]

August 4th, 2010
Posted in Books Boys Would Like, Cause and Effect, Drawing Conclusions, Genres
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So Far From the Sea by Eve Bunting

Schema: sea, setting Questions to activate background knowledge: Can you think of another time in history where a group of people have been treated unfairly because of the color of their skin? Can you imagine being taken away from your family because of your ethnicity? Why is the title so far from the sea when [...]

August 4th, 2010
Posted in Author's comments, Books Boys Would Like, Cause and Effect, Compare and Contrast, Drawing Conclusions, Inference, Mental image, metaphor, Organizational Strategies, Picture Books, Point of View, Predicting, Synthesis, Voice, World War II
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