Invisible Enemies |
Publication Information
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Author: Farrell, Jeanette |
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Title: Invisible Enemies |
Date: 2005 |
Publisher: Farrar Staus Giroux |
City: New York |
ISBN, paperback: 0-374-33607-5 |
ISBN, hardback: |
Recommended audience:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
ESOL:
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Family:
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Young Adult:
Yes |
Picture:
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
nonfiction, reference
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HSE Descriptor(s):
science
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Summary: |
This well-written but long book describes seven deadly diseases--Small Pox, Leprosy, Plague, Tuberculosis, Malaria, Cholera, and AIDS--the epidemics they caused, and the treatments developed by courageous scientists. The author includes a glossary, a bibliography and further reading list, and an index. |
Teaching Ideas: |
The long book can be excerpted for the study of one of the diseases or divided up in a jig-saw activity among groups in a class. Readers may find using a matrix helpful for selecting information. The Internet provides information on SARS and Avian Flu That students could add to the matrix. A process-writing assignment might help students focus on the scientific steps to eliminate disease. A discussion of the ostracism of disease victims should lead to interesting writing. |
Teaching Strategies: |
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DR-TA: Directed Reading Thinking Activity
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/dr_ta.pdf
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Helping Students in the Writing Process
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/help_writing_process.pdf
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K-W-L Instruction Strategy
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/k_w_l.pdf
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Matrices or Charts
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/matrices_charts.pdf
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