Book Detail
Martin's Big Words |
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Publication Information |
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| Author: Rappaport, Doreen | Illustrator: Collier, Bryan |
| Title: Martin's Big Words | Date: 2001 |
| Publisher: Hyperion | City: New York |
| ISBN, paperback: 078680714-8 | ISBN, hardback: |
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| ABE/ABLE: Yes | ESOL: Yes |
| Family: Yes | Young Adult: |
| Picture: Yes | |
General Information: |
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| Book Type(s): biography and autobiography, easy reading | |
HSE Descriptor(s): social studies |
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Summary: |
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| Brief and easy-to-read biographical statements are accompanied by MLK's words and award-winning illustrations. An abbreviated Civil Rights chronology and bibliography conclude the book. | |
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| This text offers an easy-reading addition to text sets about MLK, heroes, Civil Rights, etc. Discussion/ writing might focus on how the author selected aspects of his life to feature and the relationship between life events and the quotes. Learners could choose an event not covered by the book and write about it using the repeated phrase, "Martin walked with them and talked with them/ And sang with them and prayed with them." Students might want to discuss one of the sentences quoted from MLK's speeches and write about whether MLK's predictions have come true. WWW sites about MLK abound; teachers can find many at Yahooligans.com. Two particularly helpful ones are < ahref="http://www.kulturezone.com/kidz/calendar/mlk">http://www.kulturezone.com/kidz/calendar/mlk, text and audio of the "I Have a Dream" speech, and http://seattletimes.com/mlk/index.html, an archive of newspaper articles about MLK. | |
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