Book Detail
Queen of the Falls |
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Publication Information |
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| Author: Van Allsburg, Chris | Illustrator: |
| Title: Queen of the Falls | Date: 2011 |
| Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books | City: Boston |
| ISBN, paperback: ISBN 978-0-547-31581-2 | 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): nonfiction | |
HSE Descriptor(s): language arts - reading| social studies |
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Summary: |
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| An engaging story about the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel - a 63 year old school teacher. Van Allsburg combines sepia toned illustrations with a smooth and flowing text while using tension to hold the reader's interest. | |
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| This is a good fit for National Women's History Month and it is a good choice for a read aloud. Students could write a newspaper article about the event. They could devise a way to protect something (an egg perhaps) while it was being dropped from a high place. Research other people who have attempted this feat. The book can be used for vocabulary development and to study figurative language. | |
Teaching Strategies: |
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 DR-TA: Directed Reading Thinking Activityhttp://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/dr_ta.pdf |
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Sketch to Stretch http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/sketch_stretch.pdf |
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Think-Pair-Share http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/think_pair_share.pdf |
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Unsent Letters http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/unsent_letters.pdf |
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