Miss Spitfire |
Publication Information
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Author: Miller, Sarah |
Illustrator: |
Title: Miss Spitfire |
Date: 2007 |
Publisher: Atheneum |
City: New York |
ISBN, paperback: 978-1-4169-2542-2 |
ISBN, hardback: |
Recommended audience:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
ESOL:
Yes |
Family:
Yes |
Young Adult:
Yes |
Picture:
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
historical fiction
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HSE Descriptor(s):
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Summary: |
Using real letters and records, the author vividly imagines the early days of the relationship between Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan from the teacher's perspective. |
Teaching Ideas: |
Readers should be urged to keep a reader's journal to note the stages of Helen's progress, in preparation for class discussion and writing on 1) the connection between sense impressions and words; 2) the importance of expectations and disciplilne in learning; and 3) the relation of teacher and learner. Since the author draws the reader's attention to the common traits of Annie Sullivan and Hellen Keller, readers can visualize the similarities and differences with a Venn diagram. Readers will want to choose a favorite passage and examine the use of language. This book would work well for an ABLE book club/discussion. |
Teaching Strategies: |
Bleich's Heuristic for Responding to Reading
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/bleichs_heuristic.pdf
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Reader's Theater
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/readers_theater.pdf
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Types of Journals
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/types_of_journals.pdf
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Venn Diagrams
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/venn_diagrams.pdf
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Unsent Letters
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/unsent_letters.pdf
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