This Jazzman
Publication Information
Author:  Ehrhardt, Karen	Illustrator:  Roth, R.G.
Title:  This Jazzman	Date:  2006
Publisher:  Harcourt, Inc	City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  0-15-205307-7	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:   Yes	Young Adult:   Yes
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    poetry
HSE Descriptor(s):    language arts - reading
Summary:
Using vibrant colors, typeface, and onomatopoetic words, the author and illustrator introduce readers to types of jazz musicians. Back pages provide biographical information on jazz greats.
Teaching Ideas:
This book joins a select and fabulous text set on jazz music that attempts to duplicate the music described through typeface and language: Jamie Adoff's Song Shoots Out of My Mouth, Wynton Marsalis' Jazz ABZ, and Toyomi Igus' I See the Rhythm. Students may enjoy discussing how the illustrations and text work together. They could each choose a different instrument and attempt to create its sounds in words. Read this book aloud more than once. It is reminiscent of the folk song "Knick, Knack, Paddywack, give the dog a bone." For more information and activities visit http://www.thisjazzman.com/JazzLinks.html
Teaching Strategies:
Copy Change    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/copy_change.pdf
Fluency Activities    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/fluency_activities.pdf
Reader's Theater    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/readers_theater.pdf
Brainstorming Activities (Guidelines)    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/brainstorming.pdf
(Write and Share) 2    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/write_share2.pdf
Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
Music > jazz Music > musicians > Ellington, Duke Music > musicians > Gillespie, Dizzy Family > family heritage Literature and Language > rhythm

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