Ditto. My fifth and sixth graders got lots of deep thinking out of this book....and we used it as historical fiction to check out the actual history. In reading logs they had to note things they would want to check as historically accurate, they had to note incidents where characters shared different perspectives on the war, and then the usual comprehension type entries....questions, visualizations, important quotes etc.
We also read Johnny Tremain, a variety of books by the Colliers sharing African American experiences of the revolution, a good book by Avi - forget the name..... On 5/5/10 7:50 AM, "Sue Van Ausdle" <[email protected]> wrote: > A great historical fiction novel: My Brother Sam Is Dead, by James Lincoln > Collier & Christopher Collier, Newbery Honor Book > > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
