Well, The |
Publication Information
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Author: Taylor, Mildred |
Illustrator: |
Title: Well, The |
Date: 1995 |
Publisher: Puffin |
City: New York |
ISBN, paperback: |
ISBN, hardback: 0-8037-1803-9 |
Recommended audience:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
ESOL:
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Family:
Yes |
Young Adult:
Yes |
Picture:
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
fiction
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HSE Descriptor(s):
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Summary: |
Set in Mississippi in the early 1900's, African American David Logan and his family share their well with blacks and whites in their community which leads to racial violence. |
Teaching Ideas: |
The suspenseful story lends itself to predictive strategies like DR-TA. Also, strategies like Discussion Webs and Agree/Disagree/Why? might be used to focus on Ma Rachel's feelings about her name, Mr. Sims as a good father, Mrs. Logan's whipping of her son. Since characters are especially well drawn, students may want to create a matrix with categories for characters and key events in which students keep notes of the reactions of characters and motivations for discussion or writing activities. |
Teaching Strategies: |
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Agree? Disagree? Why?
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/agree_disagree_why.pdf
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Discussion Webs
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/discussion_webs.pdf
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