Langston's Train Ride |
Publication Information
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Author: Burleigh, Robert |
Illustrator: Jenkins, Leonard |
Title: Langston's Train Ride |
Date: 2004 |
Publisher: Scholastic |
City: New York |
ISBN, paperback: 0-439-35239-8 |
ISBN, hardback: |
Recommended audience:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
ESOL:
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Family:
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Young Adult:
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Picture:
Yes |
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
biography and autobiography, easy reading
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HSE Descriptor(s):
language arts - reading
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Summary: |
This easy-reading picture book focuses on one episode from Langston Hughes's life--his realization that he WAS a poet. Reference is made to "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" and of the way its ideas developed. |
Teaching Ideas: |
Teachers will want to use this book as an introduction to Langston Hughes' body of work and more complete biographies or his autobiography The Big Sea. Students may want to focus on the writing process; this book offers an interesting glimpse into the mind of a poet. The 'slice of life' aspect is interesting. Perhaps students could develop similar slices about someone else, a process that could involve groups, Internet research, and so forth. |
Teaching Strategies: |
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Copy Change
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/copy_change.pdf
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Creating a Classroom Magazine
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/create_class_zine.pdf
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Fluency Activities
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/fluency_activities.pdf
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