Androcles and the Lion |
Publication Information
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Author: Nolan, Dennis |
Illustrator: Nolan, Dennis |
Title: Androcles and the Lion |
Date: 1997 |
Publisher: Harcourt Brace |
City: New York |
ISBN, paperback: 0-15-203355-6 |
ISBN, hardback: |
Recommended audience:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
ESOL:
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Family:
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Young Adult:
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Picture:
Yes |
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
legends, tales, and myths
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HSE Descriptor(s):
language arts - reading
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Summary: |
This book retells the fable of Androcles, a runaway Roman slave, who befriends a wounded lion. |
Teaching Ideas: |
The descriptive language invites vocabulary study. Readers can note down descriptive verbs, adjectives and adverbs as they read, and teachers could use shared words in a writing exercise. Learners could search the Internet for more historical information about Ancient Rome and the mass entertainment of the lion pits. The author's note on the history of this legend might stimulate a discussion on storytelling. The book could be used in text sets on friendship, animals, and Ancient Rome. |
Teaching Strategies: |
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Bleich's Heuristic for Responding to Reading
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/bleichs_heuristic.pdf
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Reader's Theater
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/readers_theater.pdf
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Word Sorts
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/word_sorts.pdf
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