Stone Water |
Publication Information
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Author: Gilbert, Barbara |
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Title: Stone Water |
Date: 1996 |
Publisher: Front Street |
City: Arden, N.C. |
ISBN, paperback: 1-886910-11-1 |
ISBN, hardback: |
Recommended audience:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
ESOL:
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Family:
Yes |
Young Adult:
Yes |
Picture:
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
fiction
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HSE Descriptor(s):
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Summary: |
Grant, a 15-year-old boy, grapples with his grandfather's request to remove him from life support systems. This is a realistic and emotionally riveting portrayal of issues surrounding death. |
Teaching Ideas: |
Teachers and students will find many topics to discuss and write about in this compelling story of a three-generation family and the issue of assisted suicide. Strategies that focus on divergent opinions such as Agree/Disagree and Discussion Web would work well. Relationships in the story provide excellent opportunities for comparison/contrast activities: grandfather-grandson; grandfather-son; son-mother; son-father. In addition students may want to discuss the differences in the families of Grant and his best friend Avery. |
Teaching Strategies: |
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Agree? Disagree? Why?
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/agree_disagree_why.pdf
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Discussion Webs
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/discussion_webs.pdf
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