Song Shoots Out of My Mouth, The
Publication Information
Author:  Adoff, Jaime	Illustrator:  French, Martin
Title:  Song Shoots Out of My Mouth, The	Date:  2002
Publisher:  Dutton Children's Books	City:  NY
ISBN, paperback:  0-525-46949-4	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:	ESOL:
Family:	Young Adult:   Yes
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    poetry, symbolic language
HSE Descriptor(s):    language arts - reading
Summary:
This is an exciting collection of vibrantly illustrated poetry about music--classical, jazz, gospel, blues, opera, marching band. Backnotes extend learning about music, artists, and key works.
Teaching Ideas:
Students could select poems to rehearse for performance, either individually or in readers' theatre format. These poems employ rich music vocabulary for semantic mapping and study of imagery and figurative language. Learners might like to compare the music (information about the musicians can be found in the end matter) with the poems related to the music. The relationship of the vibrant illustrations to the rich text should elicit lively oral and written responses.
Teaching Strategies:
Copy Change    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/copy_change.pdf
Fluency Activities    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/fluency_activities.pdf
Reader's Theater    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/readers_theater.pdf
Sketch to Stretch    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/sketch_stretch.pdf
(Write and Share) 2    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/write_share2.pdf
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Social Studies > anthropology > daily life Ethnic Groups > African-American Literature and Language > dialect Literature and Language > figurative language > imagery Literature and Language > figurative language > metaphor Literature and Language > writing Music > jazz Music > blues Literature and Language > rhythm Literature and Language > poetry

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