Archive for September, 2010

Fish is Fish by Leo Lionni

Schema: tadpoles, fish Setting: a pond and surrounding area Characters: a tadpole who grows into a frog and a minnow Mental Images: What a perfect book for showing students how to make a mental image. Frog describes the above water world to his friend,  fish, a minnow.  Minnow tries to visualize what cows, people, and [...]

September 30th, 2010
Posted in Mental image, Picture Books, Point of View
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Thunder-Boomer! by Shutta Crum

Schema: thunderstormSetting: outside on a farm POV: The narrator is the young girl in the story who tells the story in first person.  The day is hot, and everyone on the farm is hot and lazy except for Dad, then a big thunderstorm begins. Text-to-Self Connections: Being outside when a storm blows in, feeling the [...]

September 20th, 2010
Posted in Alliteration, Books Boys Would Like, Cause and Effect, Characterization, Drawing Conclusions, Picture Books, Poetry & Figurative Language, Point of View, Sequencing, Voice
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