Book Detail
Choices |
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Publication Information |
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| Author: Lyon, George Ella | Illustrator: |
| Title: Choices | Date: 1989 |
| Publisher: University Press of Kentucky | City: Lexington, KY |
| ISBN, paperback: | ISBN, hardback: 0-8131-0900-0 |
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| ABE/ABLE: Yes | ESOL: |
| Family: | Young Adult: Yes |
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| Book Type(s): short stories, easy reading, fiction | |
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| George Ella Lyon, an accomplished writer of children's books, wrote this collection of stories (and its accompanying text, More Choices) specifically for adult new readers; in fact, she conferred with ABE students from Kentucky while creating the book. These 13 powerful stories are written from various people's points of view, telling about working-class American folks' dreams and their hopes and the realities of their lives. | |
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| Since students respond warmly to these brief stories and since the reading level is easy but the characters are complex and realistic, there are many ways they can be used. Some could be read aloud by teachers, some by students. Many would be wonderful Reader's Theatre selections. Students may want to follow by responding in journals or by creating their own stories based on similar themes. Teachers may want students to predict or use inferences. The book would fit nicely in a unit on rural living (along with several Rylant titles) or in a unit on Appalachia. Individual stories might be pulled out to be part of a unit on marriage or on parenting. Students may want to research other books by George Ella Lyon (such as Mama is a Miner) and discuss ways they amplify or connect with the stories in Choices. Students may want to write their own stories as a response, which in turn could be published as a class book. Additional suggestions for teaching may be found at http://literacy.kent.edu/Oasis/Pubs/0300.htm www.wind.wind.org/publications/authors/GEL.htm | |
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