Book Detail

Miss Bridie Chose a Shovel

Publication Information
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 ISBN, hardback:  

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

General Information:
Book Type(s):    fiction, easy reading

HSE Descriptor(s):   

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:
bullet Agree? Disagree? Why?
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/agree_disagree_why.pdf
bullet Reader's Theater
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/readers_theater.pdf
bullet Types of Journals
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/types_of_journals.pdf
bullet Brainstorming Activities (Guidelines)
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/brainstorming.pdf
bullet Problem and Solution Outline and Text Frame
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/prob_solution.pdf

Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > determination/perseverance
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > life choices > problem solving
bullet Hardships > adversity
bullet Social Studies > sociology > social issues > immigration
bullet Work > occupations > farming
bullet Work > work ethic


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