Book Detail
Walt Whitman: Words for America |
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Publication Information |
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| Author: Kerley, Barbara | Illustrator: Selznick, Brian |
| Title: Walt Whitman: Words for America | Date: 2004 |
| Publisher: Scholastic | City: New York |
| ISBN, paperback: 0-439-35791-8 | ISBN, hardback: |
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| ABE/ABLE: Yes | ESOL: |
| Family: | Young Adult: |
| Picture: Yes | |
General Information: |
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| Book Type(s): biography and autobiography | |
HSE Descriptor(s): language arts - reading |
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Summary: |
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| This biography of Walt Whitman extends our knowledge of the poet, both in his growth as a poet and learning of the experiences that were the source of his poetry. Back matter contains more biographical and historical information, sources, and full poems or longer excerpts of poems quoted in the text. | |
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| Readers' Theater or Read Aloud would be excellent activites in order to hear the rhythms of the American speech that the book refers to. Or readers might want to choose a favorite and read it aloud to the class. Learners might discuss/write about the steps or elements in Whitman's development as a poet. Creating a timeline should put the events of Whitman's life in clearer historical perspective. The Internet provides many resources for reading and hearing Whitman's poetry: www.whitmanarchive.org/ and www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?45442. | |
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Reader's Theater http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/readers_theater.pdf |
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