Georgia's Bones |
Publication Information
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Author: Bryant, Jen |
Illustrator: Anderson, Bethanne |
Title: Georgia's Bones |
Date: 2005 |
Publisher: Eerdmans |
City: Grand Rapids, MI |
ISBN, paperback: 0-8028-5217-3 |
ISBN, hardback: |
Recommended audience:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
ESOL:
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Family:
Yes |
Young Adult:
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Picture:
Yes |
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
biography and autobiography
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HSE Descriptor(s):
language arts - reading
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Summary: |
A biography of the artist Georgia O'Keeffe's early years "celebrates her fascination with natural shapes and 'common objects'" with rich text and color-saturated illustrations. The text explores themes including creativity, diversity (in ways of being in and seeing the world), and daring to be "different." |
Teaching Ideas: |
The text lends itself to language study since the rich prose contains wonderfully strong verbs and colorful figurative language with just one or two paragraphs on most double pages. O'Keeffe's interest in observing objects might encourage students to choose an object they use or encounter every day and write a description of it from the perspective of someone who has never seen it before and has no idea of its utility. Jeanette Winter's easy reading book Georgia makes a good companion book. An Internet search will provide more biographical information on her later life and an opportunity to view some of her paintings: www.okeeffemuseum.org/indexflash.php;
www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/datbase/okeeffe_g.html.
Teacher might ask students to practice O'Keeffe's "way of seeing" by looking around the classroom or home to find and sketch or describe as many shapes as possible. This would also be an interesting strategy to do with children at home. |
Teaching Strategies: |
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Book Conversations
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/book_conversations.pdf
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Sketch to Stretch
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/sketch_stretch.pdf
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Think-Pair-Share
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/think_pair_share.pdf
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