Uptown
Publication Information
Author:  Collier, Bryan	Illustrator:  Collier, Bryan
Title:  Uptown	Date:  2000
Publisher:  Henry Holt	City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  0-8050-5721-8	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:	Young Adult:
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    nonfiction, easy reading, essays
HSE Descriptor(s):
Summary:
Colorful collage and an easy-reading text belie a very sophisticated tour of Harlem including the Metro-North train, brownstones, shopping on 125th street, a barbershop, summer basketball, the Harlem Boys' Chois, and sunset over the Hudson River
Teaching Ideas:
Since figurative language abounds in the use of language and intriguing type placement attracts visually, readers may want to find and discuss examples, and then use as models to try to describe places in their own communities. ESOL students can also look for idioms and interesting new vocabulary words. This delightful book is a natural for a computer skills unit. Readers could research Harlem city and subway maps on which to locate the places mentioned, Van Der Zee photographs, more information about the Boys' Choir of Harlem, and general photographs of the community.
Teaching Strategies:
Agree? Disagree? Why?    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/agree_disagree_why.pdf
Fluency Activities    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/fluency_activities.pdf
Helping Students in the Writing Process    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/help_writing_process.pdf
Reader's Theater    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/readers_theater.pdf
Types of Journals    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/types_of_journals.pdf
Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
Art and Photography > art > collage Social Studies > anthropology > daily life Ethnic Groups > African-American Geography > locations > U.S. states/regions > New York > Harlem Literature and Language > figurative language Communities > urban > city Communities > urban > urban living

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