Dr.Seuss’s Butter Battle Book Many kids can recall reading Dr.Seuss's stories and rhymes. They are simple yet always have a story or message about them that anyone can understand. Whether it's about green eggs and ham or colorful fish. Dr.Seuss books Green Eggs and Ham, 1 Fish 2 Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, and The Butter Battle Book are all great children's stories that even adults can enjoy.…
Intro: Today I will be talking about Off The Rim Details: The author of this book is Fred Bowen. Fred Bowen was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts, a seaside town north of Boston. His wife was a reporter on a local paper, she suggested that I try writing movie reviews.…
The legacy of Dr. Seuss lives on since children of new generations discover his humorous rhymes and mischievous illustrations. Several of his books have been published after his death. Manuscripts were also found by his widow and were scheduled for publication in beginning of summer 2015 A major turning point in Dr Seuss’ career came when Houghton Mifflin and Random House asked him to write and illustrate a children’s primer using only 220 vocabulary words. Finally, The Cat in the Hat, was later published in 1957 and was described by one critic as a “tour de force.”…
Molly Bang Paper When thinking of this assignment, I immediately knew which book I was going to choose. I felt that choosing a favorite book from my childhood could be a fun way to see the differences in how I viewed it then, and how I might view it today. As a child, I was in love with Mercer Mayer’s “Little Critter” books (and still am today). I decided not to go searching for an easy or popular book, rather I wanted to take one I know and love and see if/how Molly Bang’s principles were applied.…
Finn is a young boy in the first grade who is reading below level. Finn Enjoys reading in his spare time, along with being with family and shopping; his favorite color is pink and enjoys princesses such as the TV show, Sofia The First and movie Anastasia. Finn likes both Fiction and Nonfiction books, his favorite genres are Fairy Tale, Folk Tales, Poetry and Funny stories. Based off of Finn’s interest survey I am concluding that the norms for typical gender roles are nearly nonexistent.…
Tell the Truth B.B. Wolf by Judy Sierra is the story B.B. Wolf from the classic tale of The Three Little Pigs, but now B.B. Wolf is a new, better wolf, or so he says. When he is asked to tell the story of how he meet the three little pigs, B.B. Wolf becomes embarrassed and tells a lie. He said he accidently blew down the first house because he blew on a dandelion to make a wish. He blew down the second house trying to blow out a fire and he only came down the chimney because he was told to. When the three little pigs call B.B. Wolf on his lies, he is forced to tell the truth and apologize for what he did.…
Arthur C. Parker was born to an interracial couple. Today this is something that is seen more and more, but in the 1900s, interracial couples were not seen as a positive thing. These couples were disregarded because they were contributing to the notion of impure offspring. Whites were one blood and Native Americans were another, the mixture of the two was believed to happen only among defective people. The people in that time thought there surely must have been something wrong for two people of different races to have children.…
Mo Willems was born on Feb 11, 1968 in Des Plaines Illinois. His parents were Dutch immigrants; his mother went on to be an attorney and his father became a potter making ceramic pieces. When Mo Willems was a child he doodled all the time. His childhood life long dream was to “take over Charles Schulz's job when he died. I wanted to do 'Peanuts.'…
From the loss of his father, his shy demeanor, and obsession with making lists, which his mother never understood, Roget has many characteristics that would connect him to students. I would definitely use this book in my classroom…
Chabon’s main claim is, “I suggest that a publisher should try putting out a truly thrilling, honestly observed and remembered, richly imagined, involved and yet narratively straight forward comic book for children, about children” (920). Chabon successfully proves his claim because he backs it all up with some good evidence. In the begging of Chabon’s proposal, he provides some comics that children used to read when he was a child. Chabon mentions the comics to prove that children read them back in the day.…
The illustrations do a great job of supporting the text. Beatrix Potter does a great job of helping her readers be able to use their imagination and put themselves in the story with Peter Rabbit. Each character in this book display human characteristics such as dressing like a human and walking on their hind legs. The characters in this story are all very memorable. While this book is probably more suited towards the younger kids, I think even adults could enjoy this story of Peter Rabbit.…
In Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, the main character Pip transitions into three different settings as he comes of age. Three main settings contribute to his experiences and life aspirations: Pip’s childhood home, Miss Havisham's House, and finally London. All three settings contribute to what Pip desires and wants out of life, and as he physically transitions throughout the three, Pip discovers who he truly wants to be. As Pip embarks on his journey, he learns of himself and matures through the truths of life. Pip gains knowledge of his surroundings and constantly alters himself and his attitude through each setting.…
During the Victorian era, this novel named Great Expectations seeked how the start of a little boy called Pip was manipulated by expecting what is great for his endurance. As that said, the suspenseful factor knowing whether this particular character named Pip achieved his expectations or out seeked what he expected was a frantic resemblance. For instance, in Great Expectations, Charles Dickens explores how this significant character named Pip is developing throughout the novel. His values and goals early in the story are expecting great expectations, the events and experiences that caused this change encapsulates his manipulative decisions, and at the end of the novel his objective wasn’t achieved, but learned a valuable lesson. The way Dickens portrays his style of writing throughout the novel is intended to view the creation of such humor and how it visualizes the narrator as first person.…
This reading activity was designed for a small group of four students, led by a teacher assistant. The primary goal…
Throughout the bildungsroman by Charles Dickens, “Great Expectations,” the theme of coming of age is quite apparent. Dickens creates this theme specifically through the nature of maturation. The protagonist, Pip, is the largest contributor to understanding the importance of maturity and unselfishness. Pip is impacted by the whirlwind of opportunity that he was exposed to as a young boy. He was overwhelmed and quick to make most decisions early on in his life.…