Book Detail
Great Stone Face, The |
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Publication Information |
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| Author: Schmidt, Gary/Hawthorne Nathaniel | Illustrator: Farnsworth, Bill |
| Title: Great Stone Face, The | Date: 2002 |
| Publisher: Eerdman's Books | City: Grand Rapids, MI |
| ISBN, paperback: 0-8028-5194-0 | ISBN, hardback: |
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| ABE/ABLE: Yes | ESOL: |
| Family: Yes | Young Adult: |
| Picture: Yes | |
General Information: |
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| Book Type(s): legends, tales, and myths, fiction | |
HSE Descriptor(s): language arts - reading |
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Summary: |
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| The author retells a famous Hawthorne story about how a New England village interprets a mountain's "face" over the years as fulfilling the prophecy of revealing the noblest person of the time. | |
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| The book can introduce American Literature to a class. Many discussion and writing topics arise from the narrative: What characteristics did the villagers use to "read" the stone face? Who would you consider to be "the noblest person of this time"? Local myths and legends can also be discussed after reading the book. Students can create a Great Stone Face of their own, labeling it with characteristics of wise, kind people they know. | |
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 Literature Circleshttp://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/lit_circles.pdf |
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Reader's Theater http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/readers_theater.pdf |
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Save the Last Word for Me (Adaptation) http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/adapt_save_last_word.pdf |
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Venn Diagrams http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/venn_diagrams.pdf |
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