Author: Sharon Creech Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 0061828939 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 181
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Return to Miss Stretchberry's class with Jack, the reluctant poet, who over the course of a year encounters new and challenging things like metaphors, alliterations, onomatopoeia, and one mean fat black cat! The Newbery Medal-winning author of Walk Two Moons, Sharon Creech, introduced Jack in Love That Dog, a New York Times bestseller. Both Love That Dog and Hate That Cat are approachable, funny, warm-hearted introductions to poetry told from the point of view of a very real kid wrestling with school assignments. These books are fast reads that will be welcomed by middle graders as they too wonder how poetry and schoolwork connect with their interests and how to uncover their true voices. In Hate That Cat, Jack is only trying to save that fat black cat stuck in the tree by his bus stop—but the cat scratches him instead! At school Miss Stretchberry begins teaching new poems, everything from William Carlos Williams to Valerie Worth to T.S. Eliot. As the year progresses, Jack gradually learns to love that cat and finds new ways to express himself.
Author: Sharon Creech Publisher: A&C Black ISBN: 0747557497 Category : Children's poetry, American Languages : en Pages : 113
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This is an utterly original and completely beguiling prose novel about a boy who has to write a poem, and then another, and then even more. Soon the little boy is writing about all sorts of things he has not really come to terms with, and astounding things start to happen.
Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages :
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Comprehension questions to accompany Hate that Cat This packet is intended for use with Sharon Creech's Hate that Cat. It contains information on literary devices, before reading strategies, and comprehension questions. Visit my shop, EndeavorsinEducation, at Teacher's Notebook.Or view this product, Hate that Cat.
Author: Sharon Creech Publisher: ISBN: 9781536401578 Category : Languages : en Pages : 176
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Jack is studying poetry again in school, and he continues to write poems reflecting his understanding of famous works and how they relate to his life.
Author: Franny Conlin Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1546298029 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 265
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This is a tale about a battle for survival between the feline families that roamed and scavenged on the docklands of Liverpool soon after World War II and the vicious rodent hordes. Food is scarce, fights to the death are frequent, and the rodents fighting in large numbers are murderous in their attempts to kill as many kittens as possible to keep the cat families small in number. The leader of the rat pack, Retsina, an extremely clever and meticulous rat, is a freak of nature because of his size. He is a giant among the rodents. There is one large cat family who are a match for rats. They are the fighting Flynns who are led by Feral Flynn, a giant ginger tom, fearless and brave. He looks after his clan well. Battles up to now are even. Then one night, a new cat hero emerges, a loner who is soon to become the hero among the felines, a scourge on the rodents, who is sharp as a pin, ridiculously cute, and braver and swifter than any feline. He has arrived. Who is this stranger Pancho the Cat? Where did he come from?
Author: Daniel West Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1312288922 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 214
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The Spider and the Fly Charlie believes he is going on a simple, fly fishing, vacation. Instead, he is drafted into solving a brutal murder, and finds himself drawn into a web of intrigue and deceit. In a County where reality and fantasy, seem to constantly reverse positions, Charlie is determined to get to the bottom of this case, even if it kills him. Charlie finds his path blocked at every turn, by: Sheriff Baker, who also happens to be the kingpin of the local Moonshine industry. Ruth, the owner of the Karma Cafe, who has a psychic hatred of Charlie, for committing acts that he hasn't, as yet, even considered doing. And "The Nagus," an enigmatic figure, who is leading a silent, antigovernment revolution. So silent, in fact, that the Government may not even hear about his revolution, for, at least, the next 500 years.
Author: Barbara Chatton Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA ISBN: 0313391270 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 265
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This comprehensive listing and discussion of poetic works supports the standards of all areas of the curriculum, helping librarians and teachers working with kindergarten through middle school students. This second edition of Using Poetry Across the Curriculum: Learning to Love Language offers a comprehensive list of poetry anthologies, poetic picture books, and poetic prose works in a wide variety of subject areas. While it maintains the original edition's focus on ideas and resource lists for integration of poetry into all areas of the curriculum, it is thoroughly revised to cover current issues in education and the wealth of new poetry books available. The book is organized by subject areas commonly taught in elementary and middle schools, and, within these, by the national standards in each area. Numerous examples of poetry and poetic prose that can be used to help students understand and appreciate aspects of the standard are listed. A sampling of units that arise from groups of works, writing and performance ideas, and links across the curriculum is also included. While many teaching ideas and topics provide references to the standards they meet, this title is unique in starting with those standards and making links across them.
Author: Lisa Diane Kastner Publisher: Running Wild, LLC ISBN: 194704141X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 439
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Our editor declared these novellas the best of the best among this collection. If you must only pick up one book of this volume, then this is the one to choose. Although, in all fairness, they are all pretty amazing. Don't choose. Get them all.
Author: Lonnie Hull DuPont Publisher: Revell ISBN: 1493405276 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 240
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The True Story of How Two Quirky Stray Cats Changed Their Adopted Human Forever After years of loving the vibrant city life in San Francisco, Lonnie Hull DuPont reluctantly trades her three-room apartment on foggy, lively Telegraph Hill for a farmhouse on a quiet plain in Michigan. She immediately misses the rhythm and the pace of the city, and the isolation country living brings has her longing for something more. Enter Kit Kat and Lucy--stray cats who arrive at the farmhouse a year apart and each ask to move in. The antics and oddities of these two strong personalities wrapped in fur bring a new light to the farmhouse and DuPont's life. Kit Kat, an obsessive-compulsive tortoiseshell, can purr her new human into a happier state of mind. Lucy, the playful, leaping Russian Blue who can nail a bat right out of the air, makes her laugh. From the hysterical process of getting two strange cats to like each other, to the exciting years of watching those cats thrive--and inspire DuPont in the process--this book is an energetic tale of cat and human foibles. Animals enrich our lives, and the heartwarming story of how Kit Kat and Lucy changed one woman's world will leave readers enchanted.
Author: Lloyd Paulson Publisher: Lloyd Paulson ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 288
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Ryan's cursed: a brutal upbringing in Southern Michigan that culminated in a night of tragic violence he barely remembers as the sole survivor. Ryan's condemned by fate a he doesn't believe, angelic bloodlines that must be sent to their final judgment. Ryan escaped to start a new life and a new family on the shores of Lake Michigan in Western Michigan, but his demons still haunt him as he battles depression and the terrors of childhood. However, fate rapidly caught up, insisting on becoming unburied, as his past soon implicated him in murders and kidnappings. Ryan must remember the past, and the battle of that tragic night eleven years before, in order to prevent a larger and more brutal tragedy from happening again. Ryan's running out of time to save his family, and ultimately himself.
Author: Sharon Creech
Author: Sharon Creech
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Author: Sharon Creech
Author: Franny Conlin
Author: Daniel West
Author: Barbara Chatton
Author: Lisa Diane Kastner
Author: Lonnie Hull DuPont
Author: Lloyd Paulson