Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Some texts to use as "Mentors" and in Prompts
Character: The House on Mango Street – Sandra Cisneros -- writing about a character
Courage: Cold prompt -- What is courage?
Read The Cats of Krasinsky Square by Karen Hesse. Revisit writing about courage.
Images: Water Dance by Thomas Locker -- example of creating images
Parallel structure: “Letter from Birmingham Jail” – Martin Luther King, Jr. – model for parallel structure – See pages 50-51 of Sentence Composing for Middle School by Don Killgallon.
Parallel structure: Night – Elie Wiesel, pg. 32 “Never shall I forget. . .”
Parallel structure: Tears of a Tiger – Sharon M. Draper, pgs. 104-105 “I remember. . .”
Parallel structure: Rimshots, Charles R. Smith, pg. 5 “I remember. . . “
These were suggested by Janette Grimshaw, Independence High School
Prompts: The Important Book Margaret Wise Brown The important thing about _______ is. . .
Courage: Cold prompt -- What is courage?
Read The Cats of Krasinsky Square by Karen Hesse. Revisit writing about courage.
Images: Water Dance by Thomas Locker -- example of creating images
Parallel structure: “Letter from Birmingham Jail” – Martin Luther King, Jr. – model for parallel structure – See pages 50-51 of Sentence Composing for Middle School by Don Killgallon.
Parallel structure: Night – Elie Wiesel, pg. 32 “Never shall I forget. . .”
Parallel structure: Tears of a Tiger – Sharon M. Draper, pgs. 104-105 “I remember. . .”
Parallel structure: Rimshots, Charles R. Smith, pg. 5 “I remember. . . “
These were suggested by Janette Grimshaw, Independence High School
Prompts: The Important Book Margaret Wise Brown The important thing about _______ is. . .
Monday, September 28, 2009
A Text to Share
Every week day I receive by way of email about a five-minute read from a novel -- same novel all five days until I've read about 20 to 25 pages, then begin a new novel the next week. I accessed the
TEEN BOOK CLUB through the American Fork City Library. You don't have to have a library card to subscribe to this or other email book clubs.
I don't know yet what I'll do with the following excerpt, but isn't it a great beginning for a book?!
What do you notice about it?
From FRANNY PARKER
by Hannah Roberts McKinnon
Here's how the book begins:
THE FACTS
When Grandma Rae Parker stole me away to the preacher on the morning
of my kidnapped christening, she told him, "Bless this one just a
mite bit more, if you will, dear reverend. She may be a Parker, but
she's got her mother's look in the eye." For that fact I am proud,
because what Grandma Rae didn't understand was that any trait shared
with my mother was already blessing enough.
Daddy says Mama is part wolf. Mama's love has teeth. Like the wolf
who carries her pups real gentle in her mouth, then curls her lips
back to show a sharp mouthful when she feels the need to be
protective. That's how Mama is with her pack. And that's what
Grandma Rae never understood.
TEEN BOOK CLUB through the American Fork City Library. You don't have to have a library card to subscribe to this or other email book clubs.
I don't know yet what I'll do with the following excerpt, but isn't it a great beginning for a book?!
What do you notice about it?
From FRANNY PARKER
by Hannah Roberts McKinnon
Here's how the book begins:
THE FACTS
When Grandma Rae Parker stole me away to the preacher on the morning
of my kidnapped christening, she told him, "Bless this one just a
mite bit more, if you will, dear reverend. She may be a Parker, but
she's got her mother's look in the eye." For that fact I am proud,
because what Grandma Rae didn't understand was that any trait shared
with my mother was already blessing enough.
Daddy says Mama is part wolf. Mama's love has teeth. Like the wolf
who carries her pups real gentle in her mouth, then curls her lips
back to show a sharp mouthful when she feels the need to be
protective. That's how Mama is with her pack. And that's what
Grandma Rae never understood.
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