Book Detail
In Our Mothers' House |
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Publication Information |
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| Author: Polacco, Patricia | Illustrator: Polocco, Patricia |
| Title: In Our Mothers' House | Date: 2009 |
| Publisher: Philomel | City: New York |
| ISBN, paperback: 978-0-399-25076-7 | ISBN, hardback: |
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| ABE/ABLE: Yes | ESOL: |
| Family: Yes | Young Adult: |
| Picture: Yes | |
General Information: |
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| Book Type(s): fiction | |
HSE Descriptor(s): social studies |
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Summary: |
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| Marmee and Meema, two wonderfully innovative, creative mothers, provide a loving home for adopted children and are the glue for a community-oriented neighborhood, except for one family who snubs them for being different. | |
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| Encourage students to make a list of good parenting skills depicted. Are they any different from father/mother parenting? How did Marmee and Meema contribute to the neighborhood and community? | |
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 Agree? Disagree? Why?http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/agree_disagree_why.pdf |
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Discussion Webs http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/discussion_webs.pdf |
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(Write and Share) 2 http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/write_share2.pdf |
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Unsent Letters http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/unsent_letters.pdf |
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