Book Detail

Hoops

Publication Information
Author:  Burleigh, Robert Illustrator:  Johnson, Stephen T.
Title:  Hoops Date:  1997
Publisher:  Harcourt Brace City:  San Diego
ISBN, paperback:  0-15-201450-0 ISBN, hardback:  

Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes ESOL:  
Family:   Yes Young Adult:  
Picture:   Yes

General Information:
Book Type(s):    easy reading, poetry

HSE Descriptor(s):   

Summary:
The author and illustrator capture the feel and movement of playing basketball.

Teaching Ideas:
What a vivid, lively book to interest sports minded readers, especially young men. The rich, poetic language lends itself to a read aloud or Readers' Theater teaching strategies. Students could look closely at the impact of the language using Bleich's Heuristic strategy. Using the book as a model, students could choose another sport to brainstorm figures of speech and colorful phrases before writing about how it feels to do, e.g., pole vaulting or ice skating.

Teaching Strategies:
bullet Bleich's Heuristic for Responding to Reading
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/bleichs_heuristic.pdf
bullet Brainstorming Activities (Guidelines)
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/brainstorming.pdf

Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet Literature and Language > figurative language > imagery
bullet Literature and Language > figurative language > metaphor
bullet Sports/Recreation > basketball
bullet Literature and Language > poetry


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