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Ann and Seamus |
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Publication Information |
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| Author: Major, Kevin | Illustrator: Blackwood, David |
| Title: Ann and Seamus | Date: 2003 |
| Publisher: Groundwood Books/Douglas&McIntyre | City: Toronto |
| ISBN, paperback: 0-88899-561-x | ISBN, hardback: |
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| ABE/ABLE: Yes | ESOL: |
| Family: | Young Adult: Yes |
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General Information: |
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| Book Type(s): historical fiction, true story, poetry | |
GED Descriptor(s): literature and arts| social studies |
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Summary: |
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| This story of a real event in 1828 alternates chapters in free verse of the two characters of the title. Ann, a real teenager, wants to experience the world beyond Newfoundland, and Seamus, a fictional Irish immigrant, wants to find fortune and a wife. When Ann and and her father help rescue the passengers of a shipwreck, a romance develops between Ann and Seamus. | |
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| The book provides an excellent opportunity to explore point-of-view. Readers might choose a portion of the story to tell from the father's perspective. Teachers could use the Agree? Disagree? Why? to question whether Ann made the best decision. Readers might create a mini drama for Readers' Theater based on story. | |
Teaching Strategies: |
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 Book Conversationshttp://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/book_conversations.pdf |
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DR-TA: Directed Reading Thinking Activity http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/dr_ta.pdf |
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Reader's Theater http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/readers_theater.pdf |
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Think-Pair-Share http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/think_pair_share.pdf |
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