Bookmarks, a Companion Text for Kindred - Brossura

Gannett, Janet

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ISBN 10: 0472085522 ISBN 13: 9780472085521

Casa editrice: Univ of Michigan Pr, 1998

Riassunto

Bookmarks: Fluency through Novels is a series of companion textbooks to novels that provide teachers with creative exercises and activities to supplement the teaching of a novel. Bookmarks: A Companion Text for Kindred is an integrated reading-writing skills text that addresses each of the seven intelligences identified by Howard Gardner: there are tasks and activities for the linguistically, logically/mathematically, kinesthetically, spatially, musically, interpersonally, and intrapersonally intelligent students.
The textbook is designed to be used along with Kindred, a novel by Octavia Butler (published by Beacon Press), which tells the story of a young black woman who disappears from her home in 1970s California to save the life of her white slave-owner ancestor in the early nineteenth century. Through the novel and textbook, students learn about nineteenth-century American life, the origins of slavery in America, the conditions under which slaves lived, the Underground Railroad, important historical figures (like Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass), and the civil rights movement of the twentieth century.
Each of the six units begins with a preview of the reading and free writing topics, followed by exercises that improve comprehension and vocabulary building. Students use response journals to think about their personal connection with the novel. They are encouraged to discuss different topics and then write about what they've discussed. The Beyond the Novel section in each unit introduces factual background information in which students learn about slavery and other material mentioned in the novel. Puzzles and out-of-class activities are also included at the end of each unit.

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Book by Giannotti Janet

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Univ of Michigan Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0472085522
• ISBN 13: 9780472085521
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 134