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Trade Book Binder Kristi Brown Educ 340: Lit Block Professor Schilling May 4, 2009 Table of Content Fantasy Abuela……………………………………………………………………………………..1 Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type…………………………………………….…………1 Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse……………………………………...………………………..2 Souperchicken……………………………………………………………………………..2 The Sweetest Fig…………………………………………………………………………..3 Multi-cultural A Country Far Away………………………………………………………………………3 Black Like Kyra, White Like Me………………………………………………………..…4 Black, White, Just Right!......................................................................................................4 Let’s Talk About Race………………………………………………………………….….5 Uptown………………………………………………………………………………….....5 Realistic Fiction Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day……………………….....6 First Day Jitters………...……………………………………………………………………….....6 Hanna’s Hog…………………………………………………………………………………….....7 Mandy……………………………………………………………………………………………...7 The Snowy Day………………………………………………………………………………….....8 Historical Fiction Henry’s Freedom Box……………………………………………………………………………...8 In The Time Of The Drums…………………………………………………………………….…..9 Mrs. Katz and Tush………………………………………………………………………………...9 Pink and Say……………………………………………………………………………………...10 The Great Change………………………………………………………………………………...10 Non-fiction The First Strawberries…………………………………………………………...………11 The Story of the Milky Way……………………………………………………………………....11 Robert Smalls Sails to Freedom………………………………………………………….12 Saving the Liberty Bell…………………………………………………………….……..12 You Can Be a Woman Softball Player……………………………………………….…..13 My Choice A Story for Bear.................................................................................................................13 The Bernstein Bears: Back to School…………………………………………………...14 Good Luck, Mrs. K!...........................................................................................................14 Katie’s Wish……………………………………………………………………………...15 Thanksgiving Treat............................................................................................................15 Title of book: Abuela Author’s name: Arthur Dorros Copyright year: 1991 Genre: Fantasy Synopsis of Story: The little girl and her grandmother “Abuela” go many places together and have fabulous adventures around the city. One of their many adventures takes place in the park. As they are feeding the birds, the little girl imagines the birds picking her up and her being able to fly above the city with her Abuela. They would fly over buildings, people in the streets, the harbor, and fly around the statue of liberty. As they land back on the ground, Abuela suggests going on another adventure but this time a boat ride! Activity One: Imagine being on an adventure with your grandmother. Where would you go? What places would you visit? What kinds of people would you see? Create your own picture book of your fabulous adventure with your grandmother! Source: Original Activity Two: For this activity, we are going to create a collage! We will look through magazines to find pictures that represent Abuela and the little girl’s adventure flying over the city. In small groups, you will paste your own interpretation of the adventure and present it to the class! Source: Original Title of book: Click, Clack, Moo Author’s name: Doreen Cronin Cows That Type Copyright year: 2000 Genre: Fantasy Synopsis of Story: Farmer Brown does not have a normal farm; instead, he has cows that type on the typewriter! Farmer Brown starts to receive letters from the cows demanding electric blankets because the barn is cold. When he refuses, the cows go on a strike! The chickens also go on strike. Finally, Farmer Brown gives in to have his milk and eggs daily… but this is not the end. The ducks want a diving board for their pond! Activity One: Get ready to go to the computers because today we are going to type up our own letter to the farmer! We are going to imagine that we are another farm animal (i.e. pigs, horses, etc.) and ask for something that we would like to make our place more interesting! Source: Original Activity Two: Draw and tell! Today we are going to think of other things that the cows could ask for instead of electric blankets. We are going to draw a picture of what we think the cows would want and tell the rest of the class. Source: Original Title of book: Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse Author’s name: Kevin Henkes Copyright year: 1996 Genre: Fantasy Synopsis of Story: Lilly absolutely loves school; she loves the chocolate milk at lunch, her desk, the squeaky chalk, but most of all her teacher. She thinks he is the coolest teacher and even wants to be a teacher when she grows up! However, one day when she brings her purple purse, rock star sunglasses, and coins, she gets into trouble because she disrupts the class. So, during free time, she draws a very mean picture of her teacher and writes many mean things. But when Mr. Slinger gives her things back she realizes she made an awful mistake. The next day, Lilly apologizes with treats and a nice letter about Mr. Slinger. Activity One: This fun activity involves the students creating their own purse/bag. After you create the purse/bag, students will put a few items of their choosing inside the bag to reveal their uniqueness. Students will have fun guessing why someone chose an item for their bag! (i.e. I would put a book in their because I love to read!) Source: http://www.teachingheart.net/kevinideasl.html Activity Two: For this activity, we will make a play! I will have each student act out a different part in the story and we will then perform it to the school! Source: http://www.teachingheart.net/kevinideasl.html Title of book: Souperchicken Author’s name: Mary Jane & Herm Auch Copyright year: 2003 Genre: Fantasy Synopsis of Story: Henrietta loves to read; she reads words on the feed sacks, in books and newspapers. Because she reads so much, she never lays one egg. The other chickens lay so many eggs the farmer tells them they are going on vacation.. As the truck drives away, Henrietta reads that it is a soup truck and escapes to free the other chickens. While on the road she encounters pigs and cows and tells them to run because they soon will become sausage or a hamburger! Henrietta finally gets to the Souper Soup Company and works at freeing her auntie chickens. They escape and go to a vegetarian farm where they will always be safe; Henrietta takes on a very important job, a reading teacher. Activity One: In this activity, students will draw a map of Henrietta’s route to save her aunties. The map will be detailed and accurate with the exact route she went! Source: http://www.oregonread.org/souperchicken.pdf Activity Two: Create your own comic strip! For your comic strip, use specific details to recreate the sequence of events that take place in the story. Remember, to use lots of detail and color! Make it fun! Source: http://www.oregonread.org/souperchicken.pdf Title of book: The Sweetest Fig Author’s name: Chris Van Allsburg Copyright year: 1993 Genre: Fantasy Synopsis of Story: The Sweetest Fig is about a cruel-hearted dentist living alone with his poor dog. As he walks into his office, an older woman is there; although she does not have an appointment, Bibot thinks he can get some extra money for the day. When the lady tells him that she can pay with only two special figs, the dentist is furious! On that very night, Bibot eats the first fig but dreams a weird dream. The next morning, he relives his dream- wearing only underwear outside and the Eiffel Tower drooping down. For the next weeks, he reads up on hypnotism and practices for the second chance. Bibot finally dreams he is the richest person and as he gets ready to eat the second fig, but his dog snatches it up; and the next day Bibot is living the life of his dog. Activity One: Recreation time! Students will construct a different ending to the story! In this different ending, students will have to be imaginative and write their new ending to share to the class. Source: Original Activity Two: In groups, students will compare this story to another dream book. They will make a chart, comparing and contrasting the different ways the dreams occur. They will also look into the objects that are important in the dentists’ dream. Source: Original Title of book: A Country Far Away Author’s name: Nigel Gray Copyright year: 1988 Genre: Multi-cultural Synopsis of Story: This is a story of two boys- an African boy and a Western boy living in two different parts of the world, but are alike in their daily activities. The two boys are complete strangers but have so many similarities; they are connected to one another in some way but do not know it. The vast waters separate the two worlds but with the illustrations in the book, the way they live are quite similar! Although they live in different worlds with different things, they both imagine the other world and how they would like to meet a friend someday. Activity One: With this activity, we will create a web on the wall! We use construction paper and cotton to connect the similarities of our country and two other countries (other than the book!) Source: Original Activity Two: Pen Pals! For this activity we will have pen pals that live somewhere different. We may have opposite likes or dislikes, but we will write to our Pen Pals to show the place where we live, play, and go to school! Source: Original Title of book: Black Like Kyra, White Like Me Author’s name: Judith Vigna Copyright year: 1992 Genre: Multicultural Synopsis of Story: Christy, a little girl has three best friends. Two of her friends are her white neighbors and the other friend is a little black girl, Kyra, from the youth center. Kyra and her family decide to move next door to Christy’s family because their neighborhood is very safe. But, when they do move in, Christy’s other two friends will not play with Kyra. When they have their block party, the Kirks come bringing a traditional dish of Motake. Some of the neighbors aren’t happy because they don’t want their block to be integrated. The Kirks stay but Christy’s other two friends’ family moves far away. Activity One: Trace your classmates! For this activity, students will be in groups of three and will trace around each other on large construction paper. They will then learn three interesting facts about each person to write on their construction paper. Source: Original Activity Two: Discuss the feelings of the Kirk family when they move to the new neighborhood. Think of when you moved or if someone you know moved in or away. On butcher paper, write some of the emotions describing a move, or negative treatment towards you and your family. Then have students make their own definition of prejudice to write on the butcher paper around the emotions. Source: http://www.prejudicenoway.com.au/activities/2158.html Title of book: Black, White, Just Right! Author’s name: Marguerite W. Davol Copyright year: 1993 Genre: Multicultural Synopsis of Story: This book shows a mixed-marriage family in a positive way. The mother is black, the father is white, and their daughter is mixed. The little girl has quality traits of both her mother and father that are “just right”. In the story, the little girl describes her mother’s tastes which are different than her fathers; her taste resembles both her mother and father. Although, they have different tastes in food, art, or music, they all have a perfect unity in between them. Activity One: Make a family tree! For this activity, students will make a family tree, showing family photographs and enjoyable family reunions, picnics, hikes, traditions and family vacations too! Source: Original Activity Two: Create a hand hat! In this activity, students will trace their hand on different colors of construction paper. They will write one thing describing them and/or describing their family traditions, etc. Then they will tie the hands together to form a hat! Always remember, every person is unique! Source: Original Title of book: Let’s Talk About Race Author’s name: Julius Lester Copyright year: 2005 Genre: Multicultural Synopsis of Story: The Newberry Honor Book Author Julius Lester tells a story. The book describes just that, a story, hoping to see that people’s lives are stories with little details filling in the blanks to make us different from someone else. But are we really that different? This book, paints a vivid vision of if we take everything off, even our skin; so who exactly are we? We all have bones; the only difference is the color of our skin. The story describes that some people believe their stories are better but if we take off all our skin, clothes, and hair, and go out normally to school, work, or play, we wouldn’t be able to tell who was who. And we wouldn’t be able to see the differences of our race. Activity One: We are going to create “My Story” journals! The students will write a journal entry in their composition book discussing their own stories. They will specifically write about their life events and the people who have impacted them. Everyone’s story will start out when and where they were born but then evolve into their own unique story. Source: http://entertainment.kaboose.com/books/lets-talk-about-race.html Activity Two: Writers light bulb lab! Students will write a non-fictional story describing one important event in their life. They will provide detailed information discussing what the event was and why it happened! Source: Original Title of book: Uptown Author’s name: Bryan Collier Copyright year: 2000 Genre: Multicultural Synopsis of Story: Uptown is about a boy living in Harlem City. It describes the variety of music, color, and cultures that come together in a community setting. The author describes the town and ways of life in the town, the town that is called home. The story comes alive in the mind, remembering the various attributes of the city- how the buildings are lined up in a row, the Barber shop where the elderly talk about an exciting baseball game, or the Apollo Theater showing the greatest entertainers alive! Uptown shows the life of Harlem City and the characteristics that make it a home for people. Activity One: A mural of a cultural butterfly! For this activity, students will create one piece of the butterfly- this piece they will describe their culture with a photo, descriptive words, or etc. The students will then piece their part of the butterfly to make a complete yet wonderful butterfly filled with different culture characteristics! Source: Original Activity Two: For this activity, we are going to paint a picture of our own city. We will describe our buildings, houses, stores, and what may go on in the city in a typical day. Source: Original Title of Book: Alexander and the Terrible, Author’s name: Judith Viorst Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Copyright Year: 1972 Genre: Realistic Fiction Synopsis of Story: Alexander is not having a good day and it all started when he went to sleep with gum in his mouth and woke up with it in his hair. When he was getting ready, it seemed as everything was going wrong and he didn’t get a toy in his cereal box like his two brothers did. Alexander’s day kept getting worse as the day went on. At school, his friends were picking on him and his mom forgot to pack dessert for his lunch! After school was worse- he had to go to the dentist and made a mess at his dad’s office. Alexander was having a bad day even when he went to bed! Activity One: Talk Show! Students will get into small groups of four or five and make a skit! Students will be assigned different roles (i.e. talk show host Alexander, brothers, mother/father, friends, etc.). The group will come up with various questions and then will answer the questions based on how their character would answer them. Source: Julie & http://www.englishcompanion.com/assignments/reading/103readingactivities.htm Activity Two: Timeline! Remember all the activities that Alexander did during his day? Students will list in chronological order the events/activities that took place in three different sections- morning, school, and evening. Students will also create illustrations that go along with the events. Source: Julie & http://www.englishcompanion.com/assignments/reading/103readingactivities.htm Title of Book: First Day Jitters Author’s name: Julie Danneberg Copyright Year: 2000 Genre: Realistic Fiction Synopsis of Story: It is the first day at a new school, and Sarah does not want to go! She is very nervous and thinks that because she doesn’t know anyone, it will be hard and will absolutely hate it. Well, Mr. Hartwell makes Sarah get ready; she drags herself out of bed and into clothes and downstairs where she pretends to not feel very well. As they were driving to the new school, Sarah was getting more nervous. They pull up and see the principal coming to greet them. As she leads Sarah into the school and into the classroom, the principal introduces the children to their new teacher, Mrs. Sarah Jane Hartwell! Activity One: Time Capsule! Students will write a letter to themselves talking about how they feel on the first day of school. The students will then put their letter in an envelope and put them in a box that they will decorate. This box will sit somewhere in the classroom all year. At the end of the school year, the students will then reread their letters to see how far they have come! Source: http://forums.atozteacherstuff.com/showthread.php?threadid=24825 Activity Two: Student Trading Cards! Students will get to know one another by trading cards that will be posted on the bulletin board. The teacher will take a picture of the student and the student will write some informational and fun facts about themselves by their picture—i.e. height, hair color, favorite color, number of siblings, etc. Source: http://forums.atozteacherstuff.com/showthread.php?threadid=43139 Title of Book: Hanna’s Hog Author’s name: Jim Aylesworth Copyright Year: 1988 Genre: Realistic Fiction Synopsis of Story: Hanna Brodie lives by herself on the mountain. She raises chickens for eggs, bees for honey, tends to a big garden, and has a hog that she lets loose in the woods. Hanna keeps to herself and never has any trouble, except for human trouble. Hanna is losing chickens and one day calls for her precious hog but the hog never comes. She then decides it is Kenny her neighbor, and goes to find out. Kenny tells her it is the bear that is somewhere in the woods. That night, Hanna does some investigating and finds her hog in Kenny’s barn! From that day on, her chickens don’t go missing and her hog always comes when she calls for it. Activity One: Create a dramatic monologue! Students will create a dramatic monologue for one of the characters in a scene. They will be asked to direct their attention to what the character might be feeling at that certain moment and why. Source: http://www.readingrockets.org/article/82 Activity Two: For this activity, students will create a Haiku! They will use one of the two human characters (Hanna or Kenny) and create a poem using the letters in their name. The class will brainstorm words they could use that tie in with the story. Source: Original & http://www.readingrockets.org/article/82 Title of Book: Mandy Author’s name: Barbara D. Booth Copyright Year: 1991 Genre: Realistic Fiction Synopsis of Story: This is a beautiful story about the relationship of a little deaf girl and her grandmother. In the beginning, Mandy could tell that her grandmother was listening to a song on the radio by the way her lips moved. As they put the chocolate chip cookies in the oven to bake, they did a 1-2-3 dance around the kitchen. The grandmother reached for the family photo album to look at the wonderful pictures and decided to then take a walk in the woods. As they were walking, the grandmother lost the pin that she always wore; and when it started to get cold and dark, they headed to the house. Mandy wasn’t done looking for it; although she couldn’t hear the rustling of the leaves or the lightning, she searched for the pin until she found it under some leaves. Activity One: Communication is one of the most important ways to relate to one another. Have students research different types of communication (i.e. picture writing, Morse Code, light signals, signal flags, animal communication) and have them share the results! Source: http://www.libraryvideo.com/guides/J1069.pdf Activity Two: Brainstorm a list of sounds you would hear in a typical day! (i.e. school bell, car horn, animal barking, etc). Then have the students discuss what they would miss most if they couldn’t hear these sounds. After a discussion, view a small video clip without sound and have the students talk about their frustrations without hearing sound. Source: http://www.libraryvideo.com/guides/J1069.pdf
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