Ann and Seamus |
Publication Information
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Author: Major, Kevin |
Illustrator: Blackwood, David |
Title: Ann and Seamus |
Date: 2003 |
Publisher: Groundwood Books/Douglas&McIntyre |
City: Toronto |
ISBN, paperback: 0-88899-561-x |
ISBN, hardback: |
Recommended audience:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
ESOL:
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Family:
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Young Adult:
Yes |
Picture:
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
historical fiction, true story, poetry
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HSE Descriptor(s):
language arts - reading| social studies
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Summary: |
This story of a real event in 1828 alternates chapters in free verse of the two characters of the title. Ann, a real teenager, wants to experience the world beyond Newfoundland, and Seamus, a fictional Irish immigrant, wants to find fortune and a wife. When Ann and and her father help rescue the passengers of a shipwreck, a romance develops between Ann and Seamus. |
Teaching Ideas: |
The book provides an excellent opportunity to explore point-of-view. Readers might choose a portion of the story to tell from the father's perspective. Teachers could use the Agree? Disagree? Why? to question whether Ann made the best decision. Readers might create a mini drama for Readers' Theater based on story. |
Teaching Strategies: |
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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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Reader's Theater
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/readers_theater.pdf
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Think-Pair-Share
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/think_pair_share.pdf
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