Blog Partner Discussion 5: Historical Fiction
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6. Your personal response to the book
7. Evaluate it in terms of its genre
8. Evaluate its literary quality
9. Evaluate its illustrations
10. Evaluate in terms of multicultural considerations including the credibility of the author and illustrator
11. Discuss for whom the book is intended and the ways in which it might be used in the classroom
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1. Your personal response to the book
ReplyDeleteIt gives me a lot of details about slavery in America. I did not know the Abraham Lincoln was killed five days after the North won the civil war and specific names of persons who help with the Underground Railroad. Name such as Harriet Tubman otherwise called Moses – once on one of our local television there was an African American called Moses, I did not know she was real.
2. What genre you think it might be and why.
This book is a Historical Fiction. The book is inclined to this genre because it speaks of The Underground Railroad, which is a vital part of the freedom movement of the African American.
3. Evaluate its literary quality.
The information about African American slavery is summarized into a language that students will easily gravitate to. It is not like history text that has every single detail about African American history that students may find boring. The book’s information brings the historical period to life by giving examples songs, conversations and secreted code slaves used in The Underground Railroad.
4. Evaluate its illustrations
It illustrations are real life pictures of persons who directly or indirectly helped with The Underground Railroad and illustrations of how slaves were treated by their masters. From these illustrations the reader could the cultural setting of the book.
5. . Discuss for whom the book is intended and the ways in which it might be used in the classroom
This book is written with the intension to teach children about the fight for freedom by African Americans and the people who helped them. The language has high vocabulary associated with slavery, for this reason a teacher can use the book to teach word meaning.
that book was not a historical fiction-sorry
ReplyDeletethis one is Show Way by jacqueline woodson
'Show Way' Blog
ReplyDelete1. Your personal response to the book
Love the book, love the book. Love that book up so.
2. What genre you think it might be and why
‘Show Way’ is a Historical Fiction.
3. Evaluate its literary quality
It can be used in a read aloud because it has information in the book is reveal through the eyes of a young protagonist- young person writing about history of the females in her family and the writer is one of the character.
The truth in this book was not waterdown but presented in a loving way to readers. This is so because the author speaks of the hardship in being separated from your parent but they give each other significant muslin pieces to remember each other. The book also speaks of love through marriage and having children they love up so.
4. Evaluate its illustrations
The book’s illustrations bring the past to life. There is a picture of real muslin fabric and needle. These two objects were used to communicate family history and ways of escaping from slavery.
5. Discuss for whom the book is intended and the ways in which it might be used in the classroom.
Wonder full for read aloud with girls who are developing into wonderful women.
I too like the book.I notice that the story is not written in long narrations.
ReplyDeleteThe lines of the story are short-hardly a full sentence.The style, structure, and length of the lines make the story quite poetic.It is like it has a rhythm to it.
The story mirrored an important method of communication among slaves and the authors generations of females familymembers contributed to that history.
It is beautifully illustrated, portraying a positive image of the time.This image and the message make it good for reading to children.Older children will appreciate the poetic style.
what poetic style of writing was in the book?
ReplyDeletehow do you feel that the book did not speak of any males?
maybe because i am a girl i did not mind it but you think boys in our class will want to hear this book being read to them?
I saw the poetry in the repitition in a particular verses in the story- " Loved that--up so.Yes, They loved that--up so." There was also rhythmic touch to much of the lines.
ReplyDeleteI am a bit concerned about the apparent gender bias. Their was hardly any mention of male contribution in the story. This could potentially loose the interest of the boys.
may be we could encorage own boy to listen to it and go do research on the ladies or males in their families.
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