Book Detail
Bucking the Sarge |
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Publication Information |
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| Author: Curtis, Christopher Paul | Illustrator: |
| Title: Bucking the Sarge | Date: 2004 |
| Publisher: Random House | City: New York |
| ISBN, paperback: 0-385-32307-7 | ISBN, hardback: |
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| ABE/ABLE: Yes | ESOL: |
| Family: | Young Adult: Yes |
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| Book Type(s): fiction | |
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| Teenage Luther, who is exploited by his slumlord mother, keeps his equilbrium through many humorous misadventures before finding his own way. | |
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| Readers might want to select their favorite passages and read them aloud or write about their choice. Because the main characters are so well-drawn, students can write a character sketch of their favorite. Excellent dialogue and humor encourages using Readers' Theater. Predictive strategies such as DR-TA would be useful. Discussion Webs would be useful in sorting through the many humorous dilemmas. Or readers might write to Luther in a dialogue journal that offers advice on his situation. | |
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 Discussion Webshttp://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/discussion_webs.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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