October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard
Publication Information
Author:  Newman, Leslea	Illustrator:
Title:  October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard	Date:  2012
Publisher:  Candlewick Press	City:  Somerville, MA
ISBN, paperback:  978-0-7636-580706	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:	Young Adult:   Yes
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General Information:
Book Type(s):    poetry, memoirs/reminiscences
HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies
Summary:
On the night of October 6, 1998, a gay twenty-one year old University of Wyoming student named Matthew Shepard, was beaten, tied to a fence and left to die. The book is a collection of 68 poems from various perspectives concerning this crime.
Teaching Ideas:
Students can read a newspaper account and compare it to the poetic one. The poems provide a model of writing monologues based on factual incidents.
Teaching Strategies:
Book Conversations    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/book_conversations.pdf
K-W-L Instruction Strategy    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/k_w_l.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
Types of Journals    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/types_of_journals.pdf
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Social Studies > anthropology > cultures > cultural attitudes Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > death Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > physical issues > gender Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > physical issues > sexuality Social Studies > sociology > social issues > crime > murder Social Studies > sociology > social issues > violence Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > physical issues > sexuality > homosexuality

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