Book Detail
What to Do about Alice?
Publication Information
Author:
Kerley, Barbara
Illustrator:
Fotheringham, Edwin
Title:
What to Do about Alice?
Date:
2008
Publisher:
Scholastic Press
City:
New York
ISBN, paperback:
9780439922319
ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:
Yes
ESOL:
Family:
Yes
Young Adult:
Yes
Picture:
Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):
biography and autobiography
HSE Descriptor(s):
social studies
Summary:
This fun to read story of Alice Roosevelt provides a great introduction to childhood life in the White House.
Teaching Ideas:
Write a news story about one of Alice's escapades. How would a page in Alice's journal read? Would Alice seem as outrageous today? Why or why not?
Teaching Strategies:
Creating a Classroom Magazine
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/create_class_zine.pdf
K-W-L Instruction Strategy
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Sketch to Stretch
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Types of Journals
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/types_of_journals.pdf
Unsent Letters
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/unsent_letters.pdf
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19th Century
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20th Century
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sociology
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women
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women in history
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U.S. history
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well known people
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