Wolves
Publication Information
Author:  Gibbons, Gail	Illustrator:  Gibbons, Gail
Title:  Wolves	Date:  1994
Publisher:  Holiday House	City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  0-8234-1127-3	ISBN, hardback:  0-8234-1202-4
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:   Yes	Young Adult:
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    nonfiction, easy reading, reference
HSE Descriptor(s):    science
Summary:
The author/illustrator presents fascinating, positive information about grey and red wolves at an easy reading level. A map and endnotes, More Ways of the Wolves and Wolf Legends and Myths, provide excellent extensions for teaching. The illustrations have a cartoon-like nature that some adults might find childish.
Teaching Ideas:
Use the book with the chapter on red wolves in Patent's Back to the Wild or London's Red Wolf Country. For an interesting comparison exercise, teachers could include it in a text set on communities. Most non-fiction strategies such as K-W-L or Herringbone would work well. (www.nationalgeographic.com/rwa); (www.animalweb.com); (www.pbs.org/kratts) Students may want to choose one aspect of the wolf community to do further research e.g. the alpha female or their body language.
Teaching Strategies:
Herringbone    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/herringbone.pdf
K-W-L Instruction Strategy    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/k_w_l.pdf
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