Book Detail

Summer: An Alphabet Acrostic

Publication Information
Author:  Schnur, Steven Illustrator:  Evans, Leslie
Title:  Summer: An Alphabet Acrostic Date:  2001
Publisher:  Clarion Books City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  0-618-02372-0 ISBN, hardback:  

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

General Information:
Book Type(s):    alphabet, poetry, easy reading

HSE Descriptor(s):    language arts - reading| language arts - writing

Summary:
Description of summer using acrostic poetry and told in alphabetical order. This is one of a series of books on the seasons. Illustrations are hand-colored linoleum block prints which support the text very well.

Teaching Ideas:
The book serves as a model for writing acrostic poems. Students could provide art or photographs to accompany their poems.

Teaching Strategies:
bullet Clustering
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/clustering.pdf
bullet Discussion Webs
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/discussion_webs.pdf
bullet Fluency Activities
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/fluency_activities.pdf
bullet Helping Students in the Writing Process
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/help_writing_process.pdf
bullet Word Sorts
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/word_sorts.pdf

Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet Science > meteorology > weather > seasons > summer
bullet Science > outdoors
bullet Science > nature
bullet Literature and Language > poetry
bullet Literature and Language > figurative language > acrostic


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