Book Detail
Gifts from the Sea |
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Publication Information |
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| Author: Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie | Illustrator: Pedersen, Judy |
| Title: Gifts from the Sea | Date: 2003 |
| Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf | City: New York |
| ISBN, paperback: 0-375-82257-7 | ISBN, hardback: |
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| ABE/ABLE: Yes | ESOL: |
| Family: Yes | Young Adult: Yes |
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| Book Type(s): fiction | |
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| The lives of a lighthousekeeper and his daughter are changed by the discovery of a baby washed ashore after a shipwreck on the coast of Maine in the 1850's. | |
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| Students can compare and contrast the book with Baby by Patricia Maclachlin or The Islander by Cynthia Rylant. Since the author reveals the time of the story slowly, readers could keep a reading journal of clues. Family literacy learners will enjoy noting Celia's speech and cognitive development supported by Quila's teaching. Learners will want to discuss the role of storytelling in this family. Web searches provide information about lighthouses. Try these sites as a beginning: www.maine.com/lights/www_vl.htm; www.lpl.org/div/light; and www.pbs.org/legendarylighthouses. | |
Teaching Strategies: |
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 Bleich's Heuristic for Responding to Readinghttp://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/bleichs_heuristic.pdf |
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Book Conversations http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/book_conversations.pdf |
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DR-TA: Directed Reading Thinking Activity http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/dr_ta.pdf |
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Types of Journals http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/types_of_journals.pdf |
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(Write and Share) 2 http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/write_share2.pdf |
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