Richard Wright and the Library Card |
Publication Information
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Author: Miller, William |
Illustrator: Christie, Gregory |
Title: Richard Wright and the Library Card |
Date: 1997 |
Publisher: Lee and Low |
City: New York |
ISBN, paperback: 1-880000-57-1 |
ISBN, hardback: |
Recommended audience:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
ESOL:
Yes |
Family:
Yes |
Young Adult:
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Picture:
Yes |
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
biography and autobiography
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HSE Descriptor(s):
language arts - reading| social studies
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Summary: |
This is a 'slice of life' biography about the author Richard Wright set in his late adolescence/ young adulthood. Events deal with discrimination, Richard's discovery of literature, and how he decided to become an author. |
Teaching Ideas: |
This book joins a small but interesting text set on libraries. Teachers might search WWW sites to find more biographical information about Wright. A compare/ contrast activity focusing on this 'slice of life' biography and a more typical 'cradle to grave' biography might prove interesting. The book may belong with a unit about Civil Rights as well. Students can write about their experiences of oppression, times when they were denied access to places. Students may want to read some of Wright's works. |
Teaching Strategies: |
Agree? Disagree? Why?
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/agree_disagree_why.pdf
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Book Conversations
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/book_conversations.pdf
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Matrices or Charts
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/matrices_charts.pdf
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Reader's Theater
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/readers_theater.pdf
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Think-Pair-Share
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/think_pair_share.pdf
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