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Using picture books to teach 8 essential literary elements / Susan Van Zile, Mary Napoli & Emily Ritholz.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Teaching resourcesPublisher: New York : Scholastic, [2012]Copyright date: ©2012Description: 112 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0545335183
  • 9780545335188 (pbk.) :
Other title:
  • Using picture books to teach eight essential literary elements
Subject(s):
Contents:
Setting. Lesson 1: Changes in setting--The truth revealed ; Lesson 2: Creating atmosphere in writing -- Point of View. Lesson 3: Two different points of view ; Lesson 4: Point of view: a different perspective -- Plot. Lesson 5: Plot structure ; Lesson 6: Investigating conflict -- Characterization. Lesson 7: Analyzing characters to understand author's purpose ; Lesson 8: Analyzing character traits in Tall Tales -- Theme. Lesson 9: Connecting the title to the theme ; Lesson 10: The many colors of theme -- Foreshadowing. Lesson 11: Foreshadowing in four voices ; Lesson 12: Using repetition and rhyme to foreshadow -- Flashback. Lesson 13: Flashing back in time ; Lesson 14: Flashing back with dreams -- Figurative language. Lesson 15: Similes ; Lesson 16: Hyperbole.
Summary: This resource compiles more than 100 annotations of recent and classic picture books that model the use of key literary elements and appeal to grades 4-8 students. Each chapter highlights a particular literary element and includes an introduction to the literary element, two literary element-focused lessons on specific books, and an annotated list of books describing why they work well for the selected literary element. Also includes a chart that connects each chapter to the Common Core State Standards.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Three master educators and literature experts just made planning reading instruction much easier -- and learning literary elements more engaging. This resource compiles more than 100 annotations of new and classic picture books that model the use of key literary elements and appeal to grades 4-8 students. Organized by eight key literary elements -- setting, point of view, plot, characterization, theme, foreshadowing, flashback, and figurative language -- each section includes an introduction to the literary element, an annotated list of books describing why they work well for the selected literary element, and two literary-element-focused lessons on specific books. For use with Grades 4-8.

Includes bibliographical references (page 108) and index.

Setting. Lesson 1: Changes in setting--The truth revealed ; Lesson 2: Creating atmosphere in writing -- Point of View. Lesson 3: Two different points of view ; Lesson 4: Point of view: a different perspective -- Plot. Lesson 5: Plot structure ; Lesson 6: Investigating conflict -- Characterization. Lesson 7: Analyzing characters to understand author's purpose ; Lesson 8: Analyzing character traits in Tall Tales -- Theme. Lesson 9: Connecting the title to the theme ; Lesson 10: The many colors of theme -- Foreshadowing. Lesson 11: Foreshadowing in four voices ; Lesson 12: Using repetition and rhyme to foreshadow -- Flashback. Lesson 13: Flashing back in time ; Lesson 14: Flashing back with dreams -- Figurative language. Lesson 15: Similes ; Lesson 16: Hyperbole.

This resource compiles more than 100 annotations of recent and classic picture books that model the use of key literary elements and appeal to grades 4-8 students. Each chapter highlights a particular literary element and includes an introduction to the literary element, two literary element-focused lessons on specific books, and an annotated list of books describing why they work well for the selected literary element. Also includes a chart that connects each chapter to the Common Core State Standards.

Grades 4-8.

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