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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


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Monday, March 12, 2012

Hill of Fire

BASIC DOCUMENTATION
Book Title: Hill of Fire

Author(s): Thomas P. Lewis

Illustrator/Photographer/Artist: Joan Sandin

Publisher: Harper Trophy ( a division of HarperCollinsPublishing

Copyright Date: 1971

Genre: Historical Fiction Fiction

Brief Annotation:
A farmer, his son and his ox are plowing their field when a volcano erupts from the ground they are plowing. It is based on one of the only two the real experiences of people witnessing the birth of a volcano.


Your Rating (1-5) and why: 5
The book is a fictional account of a historical event based on multicultural people. Although the text is ‘An I Can Read’, it has an interesting plot and the illustrations help the beginning readers decode and comprehend the text. The story is told in a way that invites discussion on topics such as volcanos, the Canary Islands and Mexico.


Readers who will like this book:
• Readers who enjoy learning about volcanos
• Readers who enjoy learning about Mexico or Spanish speaking places
• Readers who enjoy learning about unusual natural occurrences
• Readers who enjoy farming

Question to ask about this book before a read aloud:
What is the strangest thing you have ever found in the ground?
What are some things that are ‘born’?

Optional, but noted as extra effort:

1. Interest Level (age): 4-8

2. Grade Level Equivalent (grade): 2.9
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