Girl Wonder
Publication Information
Author:  Hopkinson, Deborah	Illustrator:  Widener, Terry
Title:  Girl Wonder	Date:  2003
Publisher:  Atheneum	City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  0-689-83300-8	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:   Yes	Young Adult:
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    historical fiction, easy reading
HSE Descriptor(s):
Summary:
This is a very simple retelling of part of Alta Weiss's childhood. Alta pitched for the Vermillion (OH) Independents, a semi-pro baseball team, in 1907.
Teaching Ideas:
The story is told "in nine innings." Students may want to cast other baseball biographies into this format (or football into 4 quarters, etc. Krull's biography of sports heroes could be useful for this purpose.) This book belongs with others about sports, social issues, or women's issues.
Teaching Strategies:
Creating a Classroom Magazine    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/create_class_zine.pdf
Fluency Activities    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/fluency_activities.pdf
Literature Circles    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/lit_circles.pdf
Reader's Theater    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/readers_theater.pdf
Brainstorming Activities (Guidelines)    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/brainstorming.pdf
Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > determination/perseverance Sports/Recreation > athletes Sports/Recreation > baseball Heroes and Heroines Social Studies > sociology > women > women in history

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