Thunderstorm
Publication Information
Author:  Geisert, Arthur	Illustrator:
Title:  Thunderstorm	Date:  2013
Publisher:  Enchanted Lion Books	City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  9781592701339	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:   Yes
Family:   Yes	Young Adult:   Yes
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    wordless, easy reading, nonfiction
HSE Descriptor(s):    science| language arts - writing
Summary:
A wordless book that follows a storm through Mid-western farm country with only the times listed of the storm.Thunderstorm is a valuable, breathtaking insight into one of the Mid-west's most natural occurrences.
Teaching Ideas:
Students can write text for each page of the book.Use the one day model to create a time line. Write a journal entry of one day in your life or from the point of view of one of the people shown in the book who went through the thunderstorm.
Teaching Strategies:
Creating a Classroom Magazine    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/create_class_zine.pdf
K-W-L Instruction Strategy    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/k_w_l.pdf
Matrices or Charts    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/matrices_charts.pdf
Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
Hardships > disasters > natural disasters Communities > rural > rural life > farms Science > meteorology > storms Science > meteorology > storms > snowstorms Work > occupations > farming

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