Ballpark
Publication Information
Author:  Cooper, Elisha	Illustrator:  Cooper, Elisha
Title:  Ballpark	Date:  1998
Publisher:  Greenwillow Books	City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  0-688-15755-6	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:   Yes	Young Adult:
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    nonfiction, symbolic language, easy reading
HSE Descriptor(s):
Summary:
The book describes the work that goes on in a ballpark before and during a baseball game. The colorful illustrations incorporate the text in patterns of movement suggested by the content. The use of different type faces may distract some readers.
Teaching Ideas:
Teachers can use this book in a text set on baseball. Students could keep a list of the kinds of work mentioned and try to rank them according to salary. Students who are especially interested in baseball can use the newspaper to compute and compare batting averages and so forth. Students might enjoy doing a copy change activity using another activity like cleaning house or mowing grass and write a description in a pattern that mimics the movements of the task. Look at these web sites for more information: www.nps.gov.frdo/freddoug.html, ucaswww.mem.uc.edu/worldfest/about.html, teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/Tlresources/longterm/LessonPlans/famous/gbrooks.html, longman.awl.com/kennedy/ellison/biography.html.
Teaching Strategies:
Copy Change    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/copy_change.pdf
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