Rationale The young adult literature text I chose is called Number the Stars by Lois Lowry. This historical fiction book is about two little girls named Annemarie Johansen and Ellen Rosen. The setting is during World War II in Denmark. It reveals the courage and bravery of the two girls and their families as they try and avoid the German invasion of their country. Ellen is Jewish and is scared of being sent to a concentration camp; therefore Annemarie wants to help protect her friend by hiding her and pretending as if Ellen is a part of her family. I selected this book because it helps children understand the Holocaust in a less frightening manner, yet it gives children a unique and realistic perspective of the events that occurred during …show more content…
Population I would implement this book in a fifth grade classroom. The two main characters are similar in age which would allow students to place themselves in the shoes of the characters going through this challenging time. Blogging, especially in this time period, is an engaging technique that motivates writers at this point in their life as peers can be more motivation than school work. I think since it a private space for them to express themselves; it helps with comprehension and increases confidence in their writing abilities and retention of content. In this case, content concerning World War II. Process/Lesson This book would be implemented while talking about World War II and groups of people that exist in society. The students would be assigned two chapters per week. They could read at their own pace as long as they finished within that week. Students would be held accountable for reading by having a required blog post with each chapter. I would stimulate thinking by adding questions that students could answer on their blog that pertains to content and standards. However, they would also have freedom to write their own thoughts and opinions. In response to each blog post, I would provide the students with feedback. On Friday of
The book that I chose to do is Street Pharm by Allison van Diepen, the book has 297 pages, the reason I chose this book is personally I am tired novels taking place years before I am born. This novel pertains to urban problems and one kids' attempt to survive in the pressures of present day Brooklyn. Within the novel, there are several subplots, one being his love interest, Alyse, and Ty's fight to stay in school. As well as, his fight not to lose money or control of his territory. It is interesting to watch this young man, balance these things in his life and not let them interfere with each other.
Smelcer, my high school history teacher. My teacher dedicated a whole month of class on the topic of “Black Lives Matter.” She loved to read books on opinions on black society. I think this book would fascinate her if she has not already read it. She always taught us about the struggles of African Americans, but never about the privilege that some of them had. Some African Americans were better off than most whites at the time. They were doctors and lawyers, most of the black elite were making salaries close to middle class Caucasians. The book shows how not only how whites look down on the African American racial background, but so did people of their own race. I think this simple fact would be intriguing to my teacher and maybe challenge her views on black society. It could also contribute to her lessons in class, teaching high schoolers about this exclusive society. Lastly, I would recommend this book to Mrs. Smelcer because it proves that while the members of the black elite had “privilege and plenty” they were still racial discriminated against by whites, even through they should have been
Having literature that can speak to your situation in life is what young adults need in their books. In Donna’s Norton Through the Eyes of a Child she lists seven characteristics of a good young adult novel and some of them are,“written from the viewpoint of an of young people, main characters must overcome their problem without help from the parent, deal with emotional problem of young adults and have fast paced storyline” (Norton, 2007). The Fault in Our Stars executed theses things perfectly. It is told from the perspective of a sixteen year old girl, living with cancer, but still going through what most sixteen year old’s go through, She has parents who do not understand her life and what she is going through so they cannot actually help her with her problems and she falls in love for the first time and experienced a tragic heartbreak. The story goes on how life does for a teenager, everything is happening fast and very out of their control, and they must live as best as they can with the circumstances of their life. John Green wrote more than just a teen cancer book, he told the experiences of not having any control in your teen years by using
I really enjoyed this book because it was not a story about the middle of the Second World War. Instead it was right before, when things were not as bad, but they were bad enough. It helped me understand how people lived before the hatred grew and how families were torn apart right from the beginning. Likewise, it gave me hope to see that not everything was destroyed and that some people were able to escape. I would recommend this book more for boys but for girls as well, between the ages of 13-15. Even though Karl’s age throughout the book is 14-17, the novel was written more for my age group. Once again this was an amazing book that I could not put down, and I am sure many others were not able to either.
The book I chose to do my book report on is "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich". The book is about the most forceful indictments of political oppression in the Stalin era Soviet Union. It is a captiving story about the life in a Siberian labor camp, related to the point of view of Ivan Denisovich, a prisoner. It takes place in a span of one day, "from dawn till dusk" (pg. 111) . This book also describes his struggles and emotional stress that he must going through.
The book I read for my nonfiction novel for this semester is Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption written by Laura Hillenbrand. When going through the New York Times Bestsellers to find book of my choice, Unbroken was one of the few that had caught my attention since I had been learning about WWII in history class around the same period of time and after reading the summary, I just knew I had to read it. The book is about Louis Zamperini’s life from his birth and upbringing to his remarkable career as an Olympic track star, to his time spent as a bombardier in WWII and as a Pacific POW (Prisoners of War), and through his long recovery back home in Southern California. The novel Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption was written to inform readers about the preservation of
The novel I chose this year was “Crank” BY Ellen Hopkins. This book is introduces many topics most don’t like to bring up to children now a days. It is banned in many locations. It is related to drugs, abusive language and sexual moments. The book is about Ellen Hopkins daughter’s drug abuse with crystal meth. In the book she experienced extremely hard moments. She has to try her best to overcome all the darkness in her life.
Hello there, the book that was read to us out loud during class was an interesting book. The books name is “A Long Walk To Water” By Linda Sue Park, the novel was about a young African boy named Salva and the struggles he had to go through in ordered to get reunited with his family again. The main theme throughout the novel was that Salva is getting taught the importance of perseverance and never losing hope. Salva always continued to work towards his goals and always tried to attain to them, by his Uncle as they traveled across the Akobo Desert. At the time, Salva was 11 years old when he got separated from his family during a war that broke out in Sudan, in which is now called South Sudan this war was fought because of the Second Sudanese
I chose “Here We Aren’t, So Quickly” by Johnathan Sofran Foer, and “Wake Up Call” by Megan McGuire. They have similar underlying themes and will be an interesting comparison. “Here We Aren’t, So Quickly” is about what seems to be a daydream about the future relationship between two lovers and how it evolves over the course of their adults lives. “Wake Up Call” is about the relationship between a girl and her parents as she grows up from adolescence in to young adulthood. .
The book I chose to read for my unit 5 book is Black Like Me written by John Howard Griffin. He plays an important role as the author and the protagonist in the book. The timing of the book takes place in 1950-1960.His story is that he is a journalist and chooses to write an article about racism especially in the south. Griffin ends up going to a dermatologist and dying his skin black with medication so he could see how negroes were treated. Once he goes down to the south he is broken and revealed to all the discrimination african americans get for the skin color they have.
The first book that I didn’t ever want to put down was the Maze Runner by James Dashner, it's like a good AP Lang essay, a little rocky but it gets the point across. James Dashner did a great job in keeping the audience's attention, but I was a fifth
The book that I would nominate is “Percy Jackson The Lightning Thief”. I would nominate this book because it is one of the best books I personally have ever read. It involves the greek gods which I think is one of the most interesting things ever. It is a funny story that involves romance and adventure. If the school is looking for good book that everyone would like, then this is the book for them. I have read this book and every other book Rick Riordan, the author has written. Also, if this book ends up being a big hit then they can read the rest of the series. The series goes in this order. The Lightning Thief, The Sea of Monsters, The Titan's Curse, The Battle of the Labyrinth, and The Last Olympian. This series also continues into another
For my book I chose to read The Body by Stephen King. This novel is about four young boys taking a journey to find a body somewhere in the woods that is at the county line. This story is about more than just four boys going on an adventure its about them becoming closer to each other and learning real life lessons along the way. The four boys are all going into their first year of middle school so this is a time in their life when they learn things that will help them in life.
We would first read the book aloud together as a whole group. We would, then, have a group discussion about the things in the book, best friends, favorite foods, and how people like different things. I would make charts. One indicating who each child said that their best friend was. Another would be peanut butter verses hummus. For this chart, we would have to first taste both peanut butter and hummus. The students would then mark which one they liked best.