Waiting for the Owl's Call |
Publication Information
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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:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
ESOL:
Yes |
Family:
Yes |
Young Adult:
Yes |
Picture:
Yes |
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
fiction
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HSE Descriptor(s):
social studies
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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: |
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Helping Students in the Writing Process
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/help_writing_process.pdf
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Save the Last Word for Me (Adaptation)
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/adapt_save_last_word.pdf
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Sketch to Stretch
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/sketch_stretch.pdf
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Problem and Solution Outline and Text Frame
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/prob_solution.pdf
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