Voice of Her Own, A |
Publication Information
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Author: Lasky, Kathryn |
Illustrator: Lee, Paul |
Title: Voice of Her Own, A |
Date: 2003 |
Publisher: Candlewick |
City: Cambridge, MA |
ISBN, paperback: 0-7636-0252-3 |
ISBN, hardback: |
Recommended audience:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
ESOL:
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Family:
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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):
social studies| language arts - writing
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Summary: |
This biography of Phillis Wheatley, a American Revolution era slave who became the first Black woman poet, includes excerpts of her poetry, an epilogue, and notes by the author and illustrator. |
Teaching Ideas: |
When used with a text set on The American Revolution, this book provides opportunites to imagine events from a different perspective. After searching the Internet for more information, students can determine what words/events/topics moved her to write. The book raises questions about Phillis's role as a black person and slave in the household, in the community, and later, in the country. In an effort to identify with Phillis, readers can write a letter to her or write a paragraph from her point of view describing how she feels not being a full member of either the white or black communities. Since the epilogue states that she died penniless just a few years after she left the Wheatley's, readers can search the Internet to discover what might have happened to her. |
Teaching Strategies: |
Agree? Disagree? Why?
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/agree_disagree_why.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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Think-Pair-Share
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/think_pair_share.pdf
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Types of Journals
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/types_of_journals.pdf
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Unsent Letters
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/unsent_letters.pdf
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