Swan Lake
Publication Information
Author:  Helprin, Mark	Illustrator:  Van Allsberg, Chris
Title:  Swan Lake	Date:  1989
Publisher:  Houghton Mifflin Company	City:  Boston
ISBN, paperback:  0-395-49858-9	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:	ESOL:
Family:   Yes	Young Adult:   Yes
Picture:
General Information:
Book Type(s):    fiction, legends, tales, and myths
HSE Descriptor(s):    language arts - reading
Summary:
An expanded retelling of the story of Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake.The author retells the story of Swan Lake within his narrative of the Damavand empire. Van Allsburg's illustrations highlight the events of the story.
Teaching Ideas:
Teachers should prepare students for the advanced vocabulary. Students can research for video clips on the Internet in order to compare Helperin's retelling with the more traditional story. Are the locations real? Map research could provide an answer.
Teaching Strategies:
Bleich's Heuristic for Responding to Reading    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/bleichs_heuristic.pdf
Discussion Webs    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/discussion_webs.pdf
Word Sorts    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/word_sorts.pdf
Venn Diagrams    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/venn_diagrams.pdf
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