Miss Bridie Chose a Shovel |
Publication Information
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Author: Connor, Leslie |
Illustrator: Azarian, Mary |
Title: Miss Bridie Chose a Shovel |
Date: 2004 |
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin |
City: Boston |
ISBN, paperback: 0-618-30564-5 |
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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):
fiction, easy reading
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HSE Descriptor(s):
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Summary: |
When offered a choice between a ceramic clock and a shovel as a gift before leaving for America, Bridie chooses the latter and uses it throughout her resourceful life. |
Teaching Ideas: |
Brainstorm some other uses for Bridie's shovel. How would the story--and perhaps Bridie herself-- be different if she had chosen the clock? How does the author create Bridie's character through her uses of the shovel? Readers may want to write about a significant object they have used all their lives. Teachers may ask students to compare the book with Garland's The Lotus Seed or other stories of immigrants to see what they carried with them. |
Teaching Strategies: |
Agree? Disagree? Why?
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Reader's Theater
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Types of Journals
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Brainstorming Activities (Guidelines)
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Problem and Solution Outline and Text Frame
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