Book Detail
Jim the Boy |
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Publication Information |
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| Author: Early, Tony | Illustrator: |
| Title: Jim the Boy | Date: 2000 |
| Publisher: Little, Brown & Company | City: Boston |
| ISBN, paperback: | ISBN, hardback: 0-316-19895-1 |
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| ABE/ABLE: | ESOL: |
| Family: | Young Adult: |
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| Book Type(s): fiction | |
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| In a coming-of-age story set in Appalachia, Jim grows up as a town boy with his mother and uncles but finally makes friends with a mountain boy and meets his mountain grandfather. | |
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| As an introduction to family history, the charming stories of Jim's boyhood will certainly stimulate readers to recall and write about events and people from the past. Teachers may want to excerpt or read aloud a particular story from the book. Interesting questions for discussion or writing are located in the Discussion Guide that concludes the book. Students may also be interested in the interview with the author. Teaching activities such as Agree? Disagree? Why? may prove useful (e.g., Did Jim's mother do the right thing with Whitey? Will Jim and Penn be friends?) Learners may also discuss cultural/racial/ethnic differences in their families. Students can research online for more information about the polio epidemic of the late 40's. | |
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 Agree? Disagree? Why?http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/agree_disagree_why.pdf |
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(Write and Share) 2 http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/write_share2.pdf |
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Unsent Letters http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/unsent_letters.pdf |
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