Miracle's Boys Novel Units Teacher Guide
Author : Novel Units
Publisher : Novel Units, Incorporated
Page : pages
File Size : 35,57 MB
Release : 2019-07-15
Category :
ISBN : 9781581307207
Miracle's Boys
Author : Jacqueline Woodson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 32,60 MB
Release : 2010-01-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0142415537
Book Description
From a four-time Newbery Honor author, a novel that was awarded the 2001 Coretta Scott King award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize For Lafayette and his brothers, the challenges of growing up in New York City are compounded by the facts that they've lost their parents and it's up to eldest brother Ty'ree to support the boys, and middle brother Charlie has just returned home from a correctional facility. Lafayette loves his brothers and would do anything if they could face the world as a team. But even though Ty'ree cares, he's just so busy with work and responsibility. And Charlie's changed so much that his former affection for his little brother has turned to open hostility. Now, as Lafayette approaches 13, he needs the guidance and answers only his brothers can give him. The events of one dramatic weekend force the boys to make the choice to be there for each other--to really see each other--or to give in to the pain and problems of every day.
The Circuit
Author : Francisco Jiménez
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 24,87 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780826317971
Book Description
A collection of stories about the life of a migrant family.
Harbor Me
Author : Jacqueline Woodson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 48,49 MB
Release : 2018-08-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0525515135
Book Description
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Jacqueline Woodson's first middle-grade novel since National Book Award winner Brown Girl Dreaming celebrates the healing that can occur when a group of students share their stories. It all starts when six kids have to meet for a weekly chat--by themselves, with no adults to listen in. There, in the room they soon dub the ARTT Room (short for "A Room to Talk"), they discover it's safe to talk about what's bothering them--everything from Esteban's father's deportation and Haley's father's incarceration to Amari's fears of racial profiling and Ashton's adjustment to his changing family fortunes. When the six are together, they can express the feelings and fears they have to hide from the rest of the world. And together, they can grow braver and more ready for the rest of their lives.
The White Zone
Author : Carolyn Marsden
Publisher : Carolrhoda Books ®
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 46,89 MB
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1467732257
Book Description
Nouri and his cousin Talib can only vaguely remember a time before tanks rumbled over the streets of their Baghdad neighborhood—when books, not bombs, ruled Mutanabbi Street. War has been the backdrop of their young lives. And now Iraq isn't just at war with Americans. It's at war with itself. Sunnis fight Shiites, and the strife is at the boys' doorsteps. Nouri is Shiite and Talib is half Sunni. To the boys, it seems like only a miracle can mend the rift that is tearing a country and a family apart. In early 2008, Iraq experienced a miracle. Snow fell in Baghdad for the first time in living memory. As snow covered the dusty streets, the guns in the city grew silent and there was an unofficial ceasefire. During these magical minutes, Sunni and Shiite differences were forgotten. There was no green zone, no red zone. There was only the white zone. Against this real-life backdrop, Nouri and Talib begin to imagine a world after the war.
The Watsons Go to Birmingham Novel Units Teacher Guide
Author : Lori Mammen
Publisher : Novel Units
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 19,87 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Education
ISBN :
Book Description
Describes suggested activities to be used in the classroom to accompany the reading of The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963.
Piecing Me Together
Author : Renée Watson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 30,22 MB
Release : 2018-02-08
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1408897334
Book Description
2018 Newbery Honor Book and Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner: a beautiful, powerful coming of age story 'Important and deeply moving' JOHN GREEN 'Timely and timeless' JACQUELINE WOODSON Jade is a girl striving for success in a world that seems like it's trying to break her. She knows she needs to take every opportunity that comes her way. And she has: every day Jade rides the bus away from her friends to a private school where she feels like an outsider, but where she has plenty of opportunities. But some opportunities Jade could do without, like the mentor programme for 'at-risk' girls. Just because her mentor is black doesn't mean she understands where Jade is coming from. Why is Jade always seen as someone to fix? But with a college scholarship promised at the end of it, how can Jade say no? Jade feels like her life is made up of hundreds of conflicting pieces. Will it ever fit together? Will she ever find her place in the world? More than anything, Jade just wants the opportunity to be real, to make a difference. NPR's Best Books of 2017 A 2017 New York Public Library Best Teen Book of the Year Chicago Public Library's Best Books of 2017 A School Library Journal Best Book of 2017 Kirkus Reviews' Best Teen Books of 2017 2018 Josette Frank Award Winner
The Boy Who Changed the World
Author : Andy Andrews
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 16,94 MB
Release : 2010-08-29
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1418562513
Book Description
Did you know that what you do today can change the world forever? The Boy Who Changed the World opens with a young Norman Borlaug playing in his family’s cornfields with his sisters. One day, Norman would grow up and use his knowledge of agriculture to save the lives of two billion people. Two billion! Norman changed the world! Or was it Henry Wallace who changed the world? Or maybe it was George Washington Carver? This engaging story reveals the incredible truth that everything we do matters! Based on The Butterfly Effect, Andy’s timeless tale shows children that even the smallest of our actions can affect all of humanity. The book is beautifully illustrated and shares the stories of Nobel Laureate Norman Borlaug, Vice President Henry Wallace, Inventor George Washington Carver, and Farmer Moses Carver. Through the stories of each, a different butterfly will appear. The book will end with a flourish of butterflies and a charge to the child that they, too, can be the boy or girl who changes the world.
Becoming Naomi Leon (Scholastic Gold)
Author : Pam Muñoz Ryan
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 48,52 MB
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0545532329
Book Description
A reissue of Pam Munoz Ryan's bestselling backlist with a distinctive author treatment and new cover art by Raul Colon.Naomi Soledad Leon Outlaw has had a lot to contend with in her young life, her name for one. Then there are her clothes (sewn in polyester by Gram), her difficulty speaking up, and her status at school as "nobody special." But according to Gram, most problems can be overcome with positive thinking. And with Gram and her little brother, Owen, Naomi's life at Avocado Acres Trailer Rancho in California is happy and peaceful...until their mother reappears after seven years of being gone, stirring up all sorts of questions and challenging Naomi to discover and proclaim who she really is.
We Got This
Author : Cornelius Minor
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Books
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 13,82 MB
Release : 2018-10-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780325098142
Book Description
While challenging the teacher as hero trope, We Got This shows how authentically listening to kids is the closest thing to a superpower that we have. Cornelius identifies tools, attributes, and strategies that can augment our listening.
