Hoot
Publication Information
Author:  Hiassen, Carl	Illustrator:
Title:  Hoot	Date:  2002
Publisher:  Alfred A. Knopf	City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  0-375-82181-3	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:	Young Adult:   Yes
Picture:
General Information:
Book Type(s):    fiction
HSE Descriptor(s):
Summary:
This charming and funny young adult mystery by the well-known adult mystery writer, Carl Hiassen, involves corporate greed, suburban expansion, environmental protection, child abuse and neglect, bullying, and social protest.
Teaching Ideas:
Prediction strategies would work well chapter by chapter. Teachers might ask readers to keep track of stereotypes that characters have of each other and to note how they are proved wrong. Students especially interested in environmental causes might search the Internet for more information about burrowing owls and other creatures on the endangered species list. Students will enjoy discussing effective and ineffective means of protesting causes.
Teaching Strategies:
Agree? Disagree? Why?    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/agree_disagree_why.pdf
Discussion Webs    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/discussion_webs.pdf
DR-TA: Directed Reading Thinking Activity    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/dr_ta.pdf
K-W-L Instruction Strategy    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/k_w_l.pdf
Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > bullies Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > life choices > taking risks Family > family violence Hardships > problem solving Science > biology > zoology > ornithology/birds Science > ecology Social Studies > sociology > social issues > civil disobedience Social Studies > sociology > social issues > social action > activism Science > biology > zoology > endangered species Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > individual > outsider

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