Wildfire
Publication Information
Author:  Morrison, Taylor	Illustrator:
Title:  Wildfire	Date:  2006
Publisher:  Houghton Mifflin	City:  Boston
ISBN, paperback:  978-0-618-50900-3	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:	Young Adult:   Yes
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    nonfiction
HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies| science
Summary:
This beautiful and thoroughly researched book provides a comprehensive look at wildfires. Causes and ways to control them, both historical and current, are highlighted. The book contains a bibliography and glossary.
Teaching Ideas:
Use this book with Karen Biel's Fire in Their Eyes and Seymour Simon's Wildfires. Since newspapers and TV often feature wildfires, students might consider public perceptions and misperceptions about these fires and search the WWW for newspaper clippings about recent wildfires. Students could research the new life that wildfires expedite as a part of the cycle of life of forests. Whether people should be allowed to build homes in places where fire is likely might be a good class debate. The glossary provides vocabulary for word sorts or semantic webs.
Teaching Strategies:
Discussion Webs    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/discussion_webs.pdf
Problem and Solution Outline and Text Frame    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/prob_solution.pdf
Semantic Mapping    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/semantic_mapping.pdf
Word Sorts    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/word_sorts.pdf
Venn Diagrams    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/venn_diagrams.pdf
Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
Geography > maps Hardships > disasters > natural disasters > fire Science > biology > zoology > wildlife Geography > environment > woods Science > wilderness Science > biology > botany/plants Science > biology > zoology > animal behavior > life cycles Science > ecology Work > careers

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