Boy of the Deeps |
Publication Information
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Author: Wallace, Ian |
Illustrator: Wallace, Ian |
Title: Boy of the Deeps |
Date: 1999 |
Publisher: Groundwood Book |
City: Toronto, Canada |
ISBN, paperback: |
ISBN, hardback: 0-88899-660-8 |
Recommended audience:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
ESOL:
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Family:
Yes |
Young Adult:
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Picture:
Yes |
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
fiction, true story
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HSE Descriptor(s):
social studies
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Summary: |
On his first day in the coal mines, a boy with his father survive an accident. |
Teaching Ideas: |
Teachers can pair this book with Hendershot's In Coal Country or use it with a text set on child labor. Research on the Internet will provide material for a then-and-now comparison for discussion and writing. Although the book is short, it presents excellent vocabulary. Learners may want to locate Cape Breton, Nova Scotia on a map. The final sentence could be used in a Discussion Web or Think-Pair-Share strategy:"Tomorrow they would go down into the deeps again, for they were miners and that was their job." The book encourages discussion of the concept of community and how it is developed. |
Teaching Strategies: |
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Discussion Webs
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/discussion_webs.pdf
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K-W-L Instruction Strategy
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/k_w_l.pdf
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Think-Pair-Share
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/think_pair_share.pdf
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Unsent Letters
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/unsent_letters.pdf
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