Waiting for the Owl's Call
Publication Information
Author:  Whelan, Gloria	Illustrator:  Milelli, Pascal
Title:  Waiting for the Owl's Call	Date:  2009
Publisher:  Seeping Bear Press	City:  Chelsea, MI
ISBN, paperback:  978-1-58536-418-3	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:   Yes
Family:   Yes	Young Adult:   Yes
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    fiction
HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies
Summary:
This narrative is rich in beautiful language - similes, personifications that describes the daily lives of Afghanistani children who work at rug looms looms using ancient patterns handed down from their ancestors. The narrator mentally creates new patterns and longs for the opportunity to attend school where she can learn to write and make her designs visible.
Teaching Ideas:
Use the rich figurative language to teach sensory writing. Stretch to Sketch will help students envision them. Research child labor in former times in the United States and compare/contrast it with child labor as it happens in other countries now.
Teaching Strategies:
Helping Students in the Writing Process    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/help_writing_process.pdf
Save the Last Word for Me (Adaptation)    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/adapt_save_last_word.pdf
Sketch to Stretch    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/sketch_stretch.pdf
Problem and Solution Outline and Text Frame    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/prob_solution.pdf
Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
Art and Photography > art > folk art Social Studies > anthropology > daily life Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > hopes/dreams Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > imagination Communities > rural > villages Social Studies > sociology > social issues > child labor Social Studies > anthropology > cultures > cultural customs Art and Photography > art > weaving

We welcome your comments