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You have accessed the blog site for Choosing and Using Books for Children. Throughout the term we'll use our blog to record the books we read and the ideas we have for using them when we're teachers. By the end of March, our class will have read at least 280 books. Happy reading!

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Basic Documentation

Book Title:

Author(s):

Illustrator/Photographer/Artist:

Publisher:

Copyright Date:

Genre:

Brief Annotation:

Your Rating (1-5) and why:

Readers who will like this book:

Teaching Strategy from Tompkins or Yopp & Yopp (you'll link a strategy to at least 10 of your 40 books) :

Question to ask about this book before a read aloud:

Optional, but noted as extra effort:

1. Interest Level (age):

2. Grade Level Equivalent (grade):
Use book wizard to help with the previous 2 areas


3. List awards

4. Does this book have a book trailer? If so, cut and paste the web address here.

Sunday, January 22, 2012

The Hunger Games

Book Title: The Hunger Games

Author(s): Suzanne Collins

Illustrator/Photographer/Artist: Cover art by Tim O’Brien

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Copyright Date: 2008

Genre: Fantasy and Science Fiction, Frequently banned books

Brief Annotation: This is a riveting story about love and loyalty in a world where death is a form of entertainment. Based in the future, the world, as we know it, is completely different. Katniss Everdeen is faced with the compelling decision to take her sister’s place in the Hunger Games. At 16 years old, Katniss is forced to fight for her survival as 24 tributes enter the games. She must make decisions that question her morals in the never ending fight to survive and make it home to her family. Winning or losing, Katniss knows there are no winners when it comes to the Hunger Games.

Your Rating (1-5) and why: 5 – This is a heart-wrenching story that draws you in and leaves you wanting more. Suzanne Collins tells a beautiful story of a young girl who is forced to grow up well before she is ready. The plot is exciting and terrifying all at the same time. The love story that unfolds is unexpected yet enticing. This book will capture your heart, your mind and leave you in awe when you are finished.

Readers who will like this book: Young adults and adults who are looking for an exciting and adventurous book and who aren’t afraid to use their imaginations.

Teaching Strategy from Tompkins or Yopp & Yopp: For this book a possible teaching strategy that could be used are Double-Entry Journals. It is a reading log to do as the students read the book. This can help them to reflect on certain quote that seem important or that may be foreshadowing. Students may relate the quote to their own background information, react to it, ask a question about it, or make a connection to it. (Tompkins, pg. 33) Students pick quotes that they feel are important to the text and then their responses indicate their understanding of what they read.

Question to ask about this book before a read aloud: What are some things that you would do in order to survive? (i.e. Sell your favorite outfits, work two jobs, move into a smaller house, etc.)

Optional, but noted as extra effort:

1. Interest Level (age): 6-8

2. Grade Level Equivalent (grade): 5.3

3. List awards: Publishers Weekly’s “Best Books of the Year” in 2008, The New York Time’s “Notable Children’s Book of 2008”, 2009 Golden Duck Award winner, School Library Journal’s “Best Books 2008”, 2008 Cybil Winner, California Young Reader Medal in 2011.

4. Does this book have a book trailer?

http://bit.ly/q1TTfu

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