Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night
Publication Information
Author:  Sidman, Joyce	Illustrator:  Allen, Rick
Title:  Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night	Date:  2010
Publisher:  Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company	City:  New York City
ISBN, paperback:  978-0-547-15228-8	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:   Yes	Young Adult:   Yes
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    easy reading, poetry, nonfiction, true story
HSE Descriptor(s):    language arts - reading| science
Summary:
This informative, fun to read book combines a poetic description and a factual one of animals of the night. It is a book of wonderful rhythms and rhymes about night creatures with a sidebar of scientific facts and beautiful woodblock illustrations. The illustrations invite you to find the animals and look at the detail in each.
Teaching Ideas:
Create a classroom magazine that combines poetry and prose. Useful resource for vocabulary recognition and development.
Teaching Strategies:
Copy Change    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/copy_change.pdf
Creating a Classroom Magazine    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/create_class_zine.pdf
Reader's Theater    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/readers_theater.pdf
Brainstorming Activities (Guidelines)    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/brainstorming.pdf
Venn Diagrams    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/venn_diagrams.pdf
Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
Science > biology > botany/plants Science > biology > zoology > animal behavior Science > biology > zoology > insects Science > biology > zoology > ornithology/birds Science > biology > zoology > mammals Science > biology > zoology > animals Science > biology > zoology > reptiles Science > nature Science > biology > zoology > mammals > wolves

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