Books Speak!: Poems about Books
Publication Information
Author:  Salas, Laura Purdie	Illustrator:  Bisaillon, Josee
Title:  Books Speak!: Poems about Books	Date:  2011
Publisher:  Clarion Books	City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  978-0-547-22300-1	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:   Yes
Family:   Yes	Young Adult:   Yes
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    easy reading, poetry
HSE Descriptor(s):    language arts - reading| language arts - writing
Summary:
A delightful collection of poems about books and the joys of reading. This amazing collection of poems about all aspects of books and reading is a fun to read book.
Teaching Ideas:
Use as readers' theater scripts to promote fluency that will lead to comprehension of the ideas behind the poems. Follow with Copy Change to model writing. Make a math graph to show which poems are favorites among the readers. Certainly read aloud! Students could be prompted to write their own poems about books or a favorite book.
Teaching Strategies:
Copy Change    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/copy_change.pdf
Helping Students in the Writing Process    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/help_writing_process.pdf
Matrices or Charts    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/matrices_charts.pdf
Reader's Theater    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/readers_theater.pdf
Save the Last Word for Me (Adaptation)    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/adapt_save_last_word.pdf
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