Book Detail
Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus, The |
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Publication Information |
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| Author: Bryant, Jen | Illustrator: Sweet, Melissa |
| Title: Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus, The | Date: 2014 |
| Publisher: Eardmans Books for Young Readers | City: Grand Rapids, MI |
| ISBN, paperback: 978-0-8028-5385-1 | ISBN, hardback: |
Recommended audience: |
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| ABE/ABLE: Yes | ESOL: Yes |
| Family: Yes | Young Adult: Yes |
| Picture: Yes | |
General Information: |
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| Book Type(s): nonfiction, reference, biography and autobiography | |
HSE Descriptor(s): language arts - reading| social studies| language arts - writing| science |
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Summary: |
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| The story of Peter Mark Roget, creator of Roget's Thesaurus complete with his biography, time line of current events and wonderful illustrations. Both Robert F Sibert medal and Caldecott Honor Book. | |
Teaching Ideas: |
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| Use this to introduce students to use of Thesaurus. If this doesn't jumpstart the use of words besides "nice", nothing will. Challenge students to use the Thesaurus to pep up a bland sentence. How many ways can they come up with? | |
Teaching Strategies: |
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 Helping Students in the Writing Processhttp://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/help_writing_process.pdf |
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Matrices or Charts http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/matrices_charts.pdf |
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Sketch to Stretch http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/sketch_stretch.pdf |
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Brainstorming Activities (Guidelines) http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/brainstorming.pdf |
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Word Sorts http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/word_sorts.pdf |
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