Beacham's Desktop Guide to Literature for Intermediate Students
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Covering 65 of the most popular novels and biographies for intermediate students, including 30 Newbery winners, this desktop guide presents a detailed yet practical, chapter-by-chapter approach to teaching literature using an integrated language approach. Each article contains:
- vocabulary development
- theme bibliography
- discussion and journal questions
- biography of the author
- extension activities
- analysis of the setting, themes, and characters
The questions and activities are designed to challenge students in their comprehension of the book, and to stimulate a higher level of thinking skills. The activities are structured so students can choose a level that best meets their individual learning styles.
1 Vol., 572 pages; ISBN 0-933833-37-7
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Across Five Aprils
Irene Hunt taught French and English in public schools for fifteen years, taught at the University of South Dakota for four years, then returned to Illinois to work as a teacher and as a consultant in Cicero. She was fifty-seven before she published her first novel. Across Five Aprils presents some events not often depicted in stories about the Civil War: troops deserting their regiments, barns burned because the owners are suspected of Confederate sympathies, the bitterness that follows the end of the war, and the unpopularity of Abraham Lincoln. The novel reveals the ugly side of war, finding little to glorify.
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Teachers and librarians looking for guidance with whole-language activities will find a
variety of suggestions here for grades 4-6. Provided for 66 titles are an author
biography, a synopsis, vocabulary lists (and definitions) and questions for each chapter,
extension activities, a theme bibliography, and a list of additional references about the
author of the work. The authors, one a long-time classroom teacher and the other an
elementary library media specialist, have offered plenty of ideas that will spark teachers
to include more literature in lesson plans and students to develop those higher level
thinking skills: "Make a list." "Report on another culture."
"What do you think will happen?" "Compare with — ." "Tell
how sailors used — ." Titles selected for inclusion involve main characters who
cope with conflict without much adult authority, have literary merit, and have received
critical acclaim. The varied list, ranging from Across Five Aprils to A Wrinkle
in Time, includes contemporary novels (The Winter Room, Shiloh), biographies (Homesick,
Lincoln), a few classics (The Secret Garden, Old Yeller), a range of reading
levels (The Boxcar Children, Phantom Tollbooth), and some popular titles (Hank
the Cowdog, the Hardy Boys series). Appendixes list Newbery Award recipients and books
by theme. Several teaching charts are followed by a glossary.
In more than half the articles, the author biography, setting, and synopsis are
repeated form the eight-volume Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults (1989),
but the activities and theme bibliographies for each title are new to this volume. Despite
some noticeable proofreading errors ("McLachlan", teacher's "aids,"
"Main" for Maine), this work is recommended for upper-elementary and middle
school professional collections. |
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This work is recommended for upper-elementary and middle-school professional collections. |
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