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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.

Monday, March 26, 2012

Shiloh

Book Title: Shiloh

Author(s): Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Illustrator/Photographer/Artist: N/A

Publisher: Aladdin Paperback

Copyright Date: 2000

Genre: Contemporary Realistic Fiction

Brief Annotation: Marty Preston finds a dog and immediately falls in love. He takes it in and realizes that the boy has an owner and a name. The dog is named Shiloh and his owner’s name is Judd Travers. Marty finds out that Judd is not a good owner and isn’t nice to Shiloh. Marty goes against his father’s wishes and hides Shiloh to keep him away from Judd. Eventually, Judd and Marty work out a deal and Marty is able to keep Shiloh!

Your Rating (1-5) and why: 5 – This is a classic book about a young boy in a moral conflict with personal connections. The protagonist is forced to make a decision that is very difficult.

Readers who will like this book: Readers who like animals will enjoy this story. This book brings up interesting topics and tells the classic story of a dog being a man’s best friend.

Teaching Strategy from Tompkins or Yopp & Yopp: A good strategy from Tompkins (pg. 91-93) would be a Quickwrite before and after the story. Using the question below, have the answer the questions before reading the story and then again after. This can see if the book changes their opinion. This will test their comprehension on the important messages from the story. This will also assess their writing ability.

Question to ask about this book before a read aloud: Is it considered wrong if you are doing something to help someone else out?

Optional, but noted as extra effort:

1. Interest Level (age): Grade 3

2. Grade Level Equivalent (grade): 5.7

3. List awards: Newberry Medal

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  1. Suzy Kaback & FamilyMarch 31, 2012 at 7:06 AM

    Did you see that Krysten blogged about this book, too? You might want to read her post and my response to it for more ideas about how to use the book.

    You have a few typos and semantic miscues in your post that distract from the summary and your proposed follow-up ideas. See if you can find them!

    Also, think about re-writing your before/after reading question so it's more clear. Something like, "If someone does something that breaks the rules, or the law, is that action always wrong?"

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