Book Detail

Jabberwocky

Publication Information
Author:  Carroll, Lewis Illustrator:  Myers, Christopher
Title:  Jabberwocky Date:  2007
Publisher:  Hyperion City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  10-1-4231-0372-6 ISBN, hardback:  

Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes ESOL:  
Family:   Young Adult:   Yes
Picture:   Yes

General Information:
Book Type(s):    poetry, fiction

HSE Descriptor(s):    literature and arts

Summary:
With his wonderfully bright, energetic illustrations, Myers gives an Mezo-American and African American spin to the famous poem by Lewis Carroll. Myer's "reimagined" famous poem by Carroll is unique in its contemporary setting of an urban street basketball court.

Teaching Ideas:
What makes these illustrations so strong? Exploration of the relationship of the illustrations (recent) to the text (100 years old) using the back matter might help students gain a greater understanding of these elements of the book. Some students should enjoy telling or writing a story based on the illustrations. This activity could lead to a discussion on bullying. The nonsense words of Jabberwocky provide a wonderful opportunity to explore the meaning that sound gives to words and the associations among words. (Example: brillig and brilliant with the downer of the "g" sound. Readers might try to write their own nonsense poem. Students can create their own words describing the action, emotions, characters or scenery in their writings. Creating new words give them an appreciation for established words. Have the students tell what the words mean and then look up already established words to match the meanings. Teachers could use the nonsense words to help students work on decoding skills.

Teaching Strategies:
bullet Bleich's Heuristic for Responding to Reading
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/bleichs_heuristic.pdf
bullet Helping Students in the Writing Process
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/help_writing_process.pdf
bullet Think-Pair-Share
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/think_pair_share.pdf
bullet 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
bullet Art and Photography > art > painting
bullet Ethnic Groups > African-American
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > bullies
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > success
bullet Literature and Language > language
bullet Sports/Recreation > basketball
bullet Literature and Language > poetry


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