Wall, The: Growing up behind the iron curtain |
Publication Information
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Author: Sis, Peter |
Illustrator: Sis, Peter |
Title: Wall, The: Growing up behind the iron curtain |
Date: 2007 |
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
City: New York |
ISBN, paperback: 0-374-34701-8 |
ISBN, hardback: |
Recommended audience:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
ESOL:
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Family:
Yes |
Young Adult:
Yes |
Picture:
Yes |
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
biography and autobiography, diaries and journals, nonfiction
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HSE Descriptor(s):
social studies| language arts - reading| language arts - writing
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Summary: |
Author-illustrator Peter Sis documents his growing up in Czechoslovakia behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War, using extraordinary drawings in black, white, and red that precede two-page spreads of journal entries. Because the running text at the bottom of the page is short and simple, readers with a wide range of reading abilities can enjoy this book. |
Teaching Ideas: |
Students might benefit from making a timeline of political events, researching when necessary to understand the relations between the East and West during the Cold War. Teachers will want to emphasize the relationship of text and illustrations in conveying meaning. How and why is the color red used? How does the rare use of color convey meaning? How does the text and type face on either side of the illustrations help readers understand what is happening? Teachers interested in visual literacy could use the composition of the illustrations to teach the importance of the components. (For an excellent tutorial see www.pomona.edu/academics/courserelated/classprojects/Visual-lit/intro/intro.html. ) Readers can choose a favorite illustration to explore with the class or in writing. |
Teaching Strategies: |
Agree? Disagree? Why?
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/agree_disagree_why.pdf
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Bleich's Heuristic for Responding to Reading
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/bleichs_heuristic.pdf
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DR-TA: Directed Reading Thinking Activity
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/dr_ta.pdf
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Types of Journals
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/types_of_journals.pdf
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(Write and Share) 2
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/write_share2.pdf
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