Hi Kim, I also LOVE Eve Bunting. I bought her books when I was a reading teacher, with the plan of using them for an author study and for making connections between her books.
I bought them after we had moved on to other strategies, however, and this year I am only teaching language arts. I have never really thought about the symbolism and metaphors in them, however. If you have time, I would love to hear what you and your students came up with:) Thanks in advance! May Dartez/6th/GA On Feb 25, 2007, at 12:31 PM, kimberlee hannan wrote: > Our favorite author to explore is Eve Bunting. Her books tackle tough > subjects: homelessness, riots, war, gangs, death divorce, > immigration, in > a very graceful way. There are no magial solutions in her books, but > they > always leave the reader hopeful. The kids learn her patterens quickly > and > search for symbols and metaphors. They brought up great discussions > and > more than once great responses. I started out with Rudi's Pond, and > Fly > Away Home. Riding the Tiger brought on a 30 minute discussion. > > Kim _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
