Pond God and Other Stories, The |
Publication Information
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Author: Keyser, Samuel J. |
Illustrator: Shetterly, Robert |
Title: Pond God and Other Stories, The |
Date: 2003 |
Publisher: Front Street |
City: Ashville, NC |
ISBN, paperback: 1-886910-96-0 |
ISBN, hardback: |
Recommended audience:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
ESOL:
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Family:
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Young Adult:
Yes |
Picture:
Yes |
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
legends, tales, and myths, fiction
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HSE Descriptor(s):
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Summary: |
This unusual book of one-page pourquoi stories--of how things came to be--follows the tradition of Rudyard Kiplilng's Just So Stories and Aesop's Fables. |
Teaching Ideas: |
Teachers and students will enjoy unearthing the meaning and exploring the figurative language of the fables. More advanced students could discuss/write about the nature of these gods as depicted throughout the entire book. But most probably, teachers will be delighted in using the "that-is-why" conclusions as wonderful writing prompts for adults to create their own fables. Computer-savy students might enjoy searching online for information to write a biographical sketch of the author who combines teaching linguistics and writing with playing sax in a jazz orchestra and in a Dixieland-type band (See the back dust jacket). |
Teaching Strategies: |
Copy Change
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/copy_change.pdf
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Helping Students in the Writing Process
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/help_writing_process.pdf
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Literature Circles
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/lit_circles.pdf
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Reader's Theater
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/readers_theater.pdf
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Save the Last Word for Me (Adaptation)
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/adapt_save_last_word.pdf
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