Our House |
Publication Information
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Author: Conrad, Pam |
Illustrator: Selznick, Brian |
Title: Our House |
Date: 1995 |
Publisher: Scholastic, Inc. |
City: New York, NY |
ISBN, paperback: 0-590-46523-6 |
ISBN, hardback: |
Recommended audience:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
ESOL:
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Family:
Yes |
Young Adult:
Yes |
Picture:
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
fiction
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HSE Descriptor(s):
language arts - reading
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Summary: |
Based on her research and interviews, the author tells fictional stories of families in Levittown-one chapter for each decade since the 1940's when the community was developed. The stories are told from a child's point of view but involve the family unit. |
Teaching Ideas: |
The stories lend themselves to many instructional activities: DR-TA, Bleich's Heuristic, Save the Last Word for Me, Agree/Disagree. Family history projects could be initiated with a chapter. The individual chapters about photography and keeping journals seem especially appropriate to recording family history.
www.levittown.cjb.net |
Teaching Strategies: |
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Agree? Disagree? Why?
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/agree_disagree_why.pdf
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Bleich's Heuristic for Responding to Reading
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/bleichs_heuristic.pdf
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DR-TA: Directed Reading Thinking Activity
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/dr_ta.pdf
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Save the Last Word for Me (Adaptation)
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/adapt_save_last_word.pdf
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