Book Detail
I Dream of Trains |
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Publication Information |
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| Author: Johnson, Angela | Illustrator: Long, Loren |
| Title: I Dream of Trains | Date: 2003 |
| Publisher: Simon & Schuster | City: New York |
| ISBN, paperback: 0-689-82609-5 | ISBN, hardback: |
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| ABE/ABLE: Yes | ESOL: |
| Family: Yes | Young Adult: |
| Picture: Yes | |
General Information: |
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| Book Type(s): historical fiction | |
HSE Descriptor(s): social studies |
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| This is the story of an African-American boy who lives in the South before the Great Migration, who loves trains, and who stands in awe of Casey Jones. | |
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| Students may want to find out more about Casey Jones or the Great Migration. (See Jacob Lawrence's Great Migration, on this database.) Teachers could use "I dream of..." as a writing prompt. Students may want to consider the train as a metaphor. They may want to explore why traveling is such an attraction for many people? | |
Teaching Strategies: |
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 Copy Changehttp://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/copy_change.pdf |
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K-W-L Instruction Strategy http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/k_w_l.pdf |
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Unsent Letters http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/unsent_letters.pdf |
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