class #3, november 28
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Class #3, November 28. Papers, Lit circles, etc. Kate DiCamillo presentation More books: science & math Murphy, and Tillage Book discussion More books: the arts Walter Dean Myers presentation Break More books: biographies Gary Paulsen presentation More books: history & social studies - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Class #3, November 28• Papers, Lit circles, etc.• Kate DiCamillo presentation • More books: science & math• Murphy, and Tillage• Book discussion • More books: the arts• Walter Dean Myers presentationBreak• More books: biographies• Gary Paulsen presentation• More books: history & social studies• More books: heavily illustrated• Preview of historical fiction
Class #3, November 28• Papers, Lit circles, etc.• Kate DiCamillo presentation • More books: science & math• Murphy, and Tillage• Book discussion • More books: the arts• Walter Dean Myers presentationBreak• More books: biographies• Gary Paulsen presentation• More books: history & social studies• More books: heavily illustrated• Preview of historical fiction
Odds and Ends
Papers Accumulation of books Adults vs. children Literature circles http://www.
litcircles.org/
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal(started in 2001)
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/sibertmedal/Sibert_Medal.htm
Kate DiCamillo presentation
Julia HaydenRachel Porzig
Desiree Villarroel
More books:Science and Math
Jim Murphy Grew up in NJ Worked in publishing Left to write full time Has written more than
30 books about American History (mostly nonfiction)
Awards Lives in NJ with wife, 2 children
http://www.jimmurphybooks.com/
Jim Murphy resources
Jim Murphy’s website
Study guide for An American Plague
Acceptance speech for the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
Audio of this speech
Leon Walter Tillage& Susan Roth
Oral History resourcesStep-by-step guide:http://www.dohistory.org/on_your_own/toolkit/
oralHistory.html
For teachers:http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/oralhist/
ohhome.html
Book discussion Discuss both Leon’s Story and An American
Plague What grades would you use them in? How would you use them? (whole class,
literature circles, independent reading…) How might you set them up/introduce them? What might you do afterwards to extend the
experience?
More books:The Arts
Walter Dean Myers presentation
Susan Bogue MyslikVeronica Janowicz
Monica Groves
Break
More books:Biographies
Gary Paulsen presentation
Casey CohenDoron Blake
More books:History & Social Studies
More books:Illustrated books for
older children
Next week:Historical fiction