[LIT] Middle School Picture Book Request

[Linda Crowe]

You might look at Roni Schotter's, Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street, in
fact when looking for the name of the author, I ran across this web site
that you might like:
http://www.writingfix.com/Picture_Books_and_Traits.htm
One of my favorite picture books is The Gardener by Sarah Stewert.  It is
written in a series of letters.

Linda


On 2/25/07, kimberlee hannan <mrshannan6th at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> My goal was to develop discussion with a group of kids that had been
> indoctrinated in HM worksheet regurgitation. They hadn't been read to in a
> year or two.  We used the books to develop community, and open lines of
> discussion.  I used her books for my think alouds to introduce reading
> strategies.  I work in a very impoverished part of town, and many of my
> kids
> made wonderful text connections.  I used the books to teach response
> formats.
>
> Then I turned around and used the books again as mentor texts as we began
> Writer's Workshop.  Her writing isn't flamboyant.  It's just powerful.  I
> have the kids use her stories to build author's palettes. (per Henry Nodin
> in Image Grammar).
>
> While she is far from the only author I read to the kids, she's the one I
> begin with.  I still go back to her books when I need a demo of good
> writer's craft.  I have a lesson coming up on powerful leads.  Her books
> are
> the ones I go back to.
>
> I hope this helps.
> Kim
>
>
>
> --
> Kimberlee Hannan
> Department Chair
> Sequoia Middle School
> Fresno, CA
>
> kxhanna at fresno.k12.ca.us
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