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Please see the January 25 post about using children’s books to help teach writing
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Trait: Ideas/Content
Focus: Presenting information in an original way
Book/Author: Barefoot: Escape on the Underground Railroad by Pamela Duncan Edwards
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0-06-443519-9
Summary: Animals observe as an escaped slave eludes his pursuers.
What You Need: Unlined paper, lined paper, pencils
What You Do: Read the book aloud without showing the pictures. Have students illustrate something that happens during the course of the narrative. Talk with students about the perspective of the book, then share the illustrations of the book and the students. Ask students to describe a simple event in their lives, then write about the event through the eyes of an animal observing.
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