You might look at Roni Schotter's, Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street, in fact when looking for the name of the author, I ran across this web site that you might like: http://www.writingfix.com/Picture_Books_and_Traits.htm One of my favorite picture books is The Gardener by Sarah Stewert. It is written in a series of letters.
Linda On 2/25/07, kimberlee hannan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My goal was to develop discussion with a group of kids that had been > indoctrinated in HM worksheet regurgitation. They hadn't been read to in a > year or two. We used the books to develop community, and open lines of > discussion. I used her books for my think alouds to introduce reading > strategies. I work in a very impoverished part of town, and many of my > kids > made wonderful text connections. I used the books to teach response > formats. > > Then I turned around and used the books again as mentor texts as we began > Writer's Workshop. Her writing isn't flamboyant. It's just powerful. I > have the kids use her stories to build author's palettes. (per Henry Nodin > in Image Grammar). > > While she is far from the only author I read to the kids, she's the one I > begin with. I still go back to her books when I need a demo of good > writer's craft. I have a lesson coming up on powerful leads. Her books > are > the ones I go back to. > > I hope this helps. > Kim > > > > -- > Kimberlee Hannan > Department Chair > Sequoia Middle School > Fresno, CA > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
