by boot | Feb 25, 2025
Journal Writing (September 11, 1958) Seepeetza tells her friend Cookie that she wants to keep a secret journal for a year. Why do you think the nuns won’t approve of this? Why do you think Seepeetza feels it is important to keep a journal for a year?
by boot | Feb 25, 2025
Looking at the title page inside the book (the highway), ask students to describe this illustration. They may not know the word (road or highway), so once they describe it, provide them with some possible names. Once they have described it, ask students to predict why...
by boot | Feb 25, 2025
Take a “picture walk” with students through the book. Discuss what you see in each of the illustrations (location, landscape, characters, activity, etc.).
by boot | Feb 25, 2025
Looking at the cover of the book, pose the following questions: What do you see in the illustration? Who do you think is in this illustration? What do you think the person is doing? What season do you think this is? Why do you think that? What do you think the child...
by boot | Feb 25, 2025
To increase students’ oral language and written language skills, have students respond to any of the questions during discussions as a whole class, in small groups or in partners, and then record their responses in a journal, report or other written format.
