Flag Maker, The |
Publication Information
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Author: Bartoletti, Susan |
Illustrator: Nivola, Claire |
Title: Flag Maker, The |
Date: 2004 |
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin |
City: Boston |
ISBN, paperback: 0-618-26757-3 |
ISBN, hardback: |
Recommended audience:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
ESOL:
Yes |
Family:
Yes |
Young Adult:
Yes |
Picture:
Yes |
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
historical fiction, easy reading
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HSE Descriptor(s):
social studies
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Summary: |
This is the story of the flag that prompted Francis Scott Key to write The Star Spangled Banner. Events surrounding the attack on Fort McHenry in Baltimore are also chronicled. |
Teaching Ideas: |
Discussing the designation of this book as historical fiction might be interesting. (It's based on historical facts but told through a child's persona.) The idea of flag as symbol is worth pursuing as well.
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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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K-W-L Instruction Strategy
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/k_w_l.pdf
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Literature Circles
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/lit_circles.pdf
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Reader's Theater
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/readers_theater.pdf
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