By: Dr. Seuss
About the Book:A little boy in a yellow jumpsuit travels through different cityscapes and landscapes where he finds different situations some good, and so bad. I don't want to review all of the places he visited because it is another one of Dr. Suess's must read books.
About the Author:
Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known asDr. Seuss, was born in 1904 in Springfield, Massachusetts. Dr. Suess uses the influence of Springfield in many of his drawling in his books. He married Helen Plamer who became an author of children's books herself. His fist book that was published was And to Think That i Saw It on Mulberry Street was rejected 27 times. He died September 24, 1991. At the time of his death he had written and illustrated 44 children's books.Purpose:
I believe this book show creative writing at its best. I want my students to understand that writing can be something made up in their imagination. I believe this book will spark different ideas of all students when deciding a topic for a creative writing piece.
I believe this book show creative writing at its best. I want my students to understand that writing can be something made up in their imagination. I believe this book will spark different ideas of all students when deciding a topic for a creative writing piece.
Minilesson:
The teacher will give the students 3 minutes to write down as many different ideas to write about. The students will then put the paper to the side.
The students will gather on the reading carpet, where the teacher will read Oh, the Places You'll Go by, Dr. Suess. After reading the book the students will discuss the different things that happened in the book. The teacher will spark the discussion about the use of imagination.
The students will return to their seats and pull out the idea list they created before the book. Now the students will add more idea that could involve their imagination. From the entire list generated the students will determine a topic to write on. The students also need to determine an audience they are want to write for.
Standard:
Writing Processes
A. Generate ideas and determine a topic suitable for writing.
B. Determine audience and purpose for self-selected and assigned writing tasks.
I teach creative writing to kids, and I stumbled on a really effective trick. Let them listen to audiobooks. There's something about hearing the stories read aloud that engages the kids differently. It almost becomes theater to them. Then they try to emulate that. There's lots of sites where you can download audiobooks for kids, but I use this one a lot because their stories are free, and also original. So much better than letting them hear stories they've already heard a million times. Here's the link, if anyone is interested. http://www.twirlygirlshop.com/moral-stories-for-kids
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