Book Detail

Birches

Publication Information
Author:  Frost, Robert Illustrator:  Young, Ed
Title:  Birches Date:  1988
Publisher:  Henry Holt City:  New York, NY
ISBN, paperback:   ISBN, hardback:  0-8050-1316-4

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

General Information:
Book Type(s):    poetry

HSE Descriptor(s):    language arts - reading

Summary:
On each page Ed Young illustrates trees and forests and the countryside, in browns and sepia tones, and presents them along with several lines of Robert Frost's well-known poem, "Birches." The poem is printed in its entirety again on the last two pages.

Teaching Ideas:
Teachers may want to get multiple copies of this book, so that students can hold it in their hands and study it slowly. The illustrations are a terrific aid to comprehension, but because poetry is dense and because Frost is addressing regret and death in subtle ways, teachers will want to allow students time to mull over this book. It may work best with a group of GED students who are studying how to interpret language and understand inferences. www.robertfrost.com; members.aol.com/KatharenaE/private/Pweek/Rfrost/rfrost.html

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bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > death
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > life choices > second chances
bullet History > time period > 20th Century
bullet Literature and Language > figurative language
bullet Literature and Language > literature > American literature
bullet Communities > rural
bullet Literature and Language > authors > Frost, Robert
bullet Geography > environment > nature
bullet Literature and Language > poetry


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