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Create your documentations in a separate Word document, then cut and paste in a blog post.

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.

Friday, March 2, 2012

Stellaluna

BASIC DOCUMENTATION
Book Title: Stellaluna

Author(s): Janell Cannon

Illustrator/Photographer/Artist: Janell Cannon

Publisher: Harcourt, INC

Copyright Date: 1993

Genre: Contemporary Realistic Fiction

Brief Annotation:
Stellaluna (a bat) gets separated from her mother and lands in a birds nest. Mother bird doesn’t mind until her babies begin acting like bats. Stellaluna is allowed to stay but must begin acting as a bird. When she finally gets use to sitting on top of the branch not hanging under it and eating bugs instead of fruit, Stellaluna gets separated from her ‘family’ again. This time, while acting like a bird, Stellaluna meets other bats and learns there are others that behave just like her.

Your Rating (1-5) and why: 5
My favorite part of this book is the illustrations. They do a wonderful job at visualizing the written words. This book opens the door to many conversations and is written is such a way for many readers to make personal connections.


Readers who will like this book:
I think readers that enjoy animals (especially bats and birds) and those that feel different than those around them will enjoy this book.

Teaching Strategy from Tompkins:
#46 Venn Diagrams (p. 129-132)
Venn Diagrams are used to compare and contrast topics.
This would be a great way to identify the similarities and differences between bats and birds that are discussed in the book. There are many descriptions of both animals given in the story without making the material sound like an informational text. Using a venn diagram with this Cannon’s book would help students demonstrate comprehension.

Question to ask about this book before a read aloud:
Do all flying things look, eat and act the same? Why/why not?
Do all bird, or all bats or all cats eat the same thing? Why/Why not?


Optional, but noted as extra effort:

1. Interest Level (age): 5-7

2. Grade Level Equivalent (grade): 4.9

3. List awards
ABBY Award
California Young Reader Medal [California]
Keystone to Reading Book Award [Pennsylvania]
Reading Rainbow Feature Book
Southern California Council on Literature for Young People Award [California]
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