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    Walker, Alice

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    Author Alice Walker‘s official website has biography info, upcoming events, video gallery and more. Read Write Think posts activities and resources http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/calendar-activities/author-alice-walker-born-20676.html

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    The Bracelet

    The Bracelet by Yoshiko Uchida

    Yoshiko Uchida’s The Bracelet is an exceptional book about friendship. During World War II, Emi, a young Japanese American girl, and her family are made to leave the lives they know and are sent to an internment camp. Her father … [continue reading]

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    Storytelling

    Art of Storytelling Character Sketches What techniques do storytellers use to create characters? https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/resources-for-educators/classroom-resources/lessons-and-activities/lessons/3-5/character-sketches/ ArtsEdge – What a Character Analyze how a character’s personality traits, actions & motives influence the plot of a story. Also learn how storytellers use their … [continue reading]

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    Velveteen Rabbit

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    A Quick Unit Study, it is designed to take anywhere from one day to two weeks. Language Arts/ Computer Download and print the book https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11757 read aloud. If you really want your child to get into the book put them … [continue reading]

  • Homeschooling,  Literature

    Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds

    Author Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Author Biography http://www.ipl.org/div/askauthor/Naylor.html http://www.simonandschuster.net/content/feature.cfm?sid=510&feature_id=450 Shiloh Literature Guides http://teacher.scholastic.com/clubs/pdfs/shiloh_t.pdf http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Language_Arts/Literature/Childrens_Literature/CHL0210.html Saving Shiloh with F.I.L.M. – Finding Inspiration in Literature & Movies http://www.youthfilmproject.org/savingshiloh.htm Novel Study (aff) http://www.currclick.com/product_info.php?products_id=2214&it=1&affiliate_id=12297 Teacher Created Resources Guide (aff) http://www.currclick.com/product_info.php?products_id=13383&it=1&affiliate_id=12297 Vocabulary http://edhelper.com/books/Shiloh.htm

  • Literature

    Pope Osborne, Mary

    Pope Osborne Mary Magic Tree House books As a set Merlin Missions Dragon of the Red Dawn, Blizzard of the Blue Moon, Night of the New Magicians, Season of the Sandsorms http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/magicth/guides/merlin.html High Tide in Hawaii – Classroom Connections Tsunamis … [continue reading]

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    Sendak, Maurice

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    Author Maurice Sendak Answers.com: Who Was Maurice Sendak? http://www.answers.com/topic/maurice-sendak A short biography of Maurice Sendak http://web.archive.org/web/20071017032738/http:www.northern.edu/hastingw/sendak.htm A Trip Through The Digestive System http://www.ckcolorado.org/units/2nd_grade/2_ATripThroughtheDigestiveSystem.pdf Grade 2 Complete Unit Discuss what happened to Max’s Dinner! All Posters http://www.allposters.com/-st/Where-the-Wild-Things-Are-Posters_c7915_.htm Right Click Save as … [continue reading]

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    Seuss Dr

    Seuss, Dr Author: Dr. Seuss Wikipedia:Theodor Seuss Geisel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Seuss Books: Dr. Seuss Who’s Who & What’s What in the Books of Dr. Seuss http://www.dartmouth.edu/~drseuss/whoswho.pdf Art of Dr. Seuss – The Seuss Exhibition is a free and permanenet part of ART … [continue reading]