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The View from Saturday

Author	: E.L. Konigsburg
Publisher	: Simon and Schuster
Release Date	: 2010-12-21
ISBN 10	: 9781439132012
Pages	: 176 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (32 users)

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Download or read book The View from Saturday written by E.L. Konigsburg and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-12-21 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HOW HAD MRS. OLINSKI CHOSEN her sixth-grade Academic Bowl team? She had a number of answers. But were any of them true? How had she really chosen Noah and Nadia and Ethan and Julian? And why did they make such a good team? It was a surprise to a lot of people when Mrs. Olinski's team won the sixth-grade Academic Bowl contest at Epiphany Middle School. It was an even bigger surprise when they beat the seventh grade and the eighth grade, too. And when they went on to even greater victories, everyone began to ask: How did it happen? It happened at least partly because Noah had been the best man (quite by accident) at the wedding of Ethan's grandmother and Nadia's grandfather. It happened because Nadia discovered that she could not let a lot of baby turtles die. It happened when Ethan could not let Julian face disaster alone. And it happened because Julian valued something important in himself and saw in the other three something he also valued. Mrs. Olinski, returning to teaching after having been injured in an automobile accident, found that her Academic Bowl team became her answer to finding confidence and success. What she did not know, at least at first, was that her team knew more than she did the answer to why they had been chosen. This is a tale about a team, a class, a school, a series of contests and, set in the midst of this, four jewel-like short stories -- one for each of the team members -- that ask questions and demonstrate surprising answers.

A Guide for Using The View from Saturday in the Classroom Based on the Novel Written by E.L. Konigsburg

Author	: Colleen Dabney
Publisher	: Teacher Created Resources
Release Date	: 1998-08
ISBN 10	: 9781576903483
Pages	: 50 pages
Rating	: 4.7/5 (34 users)

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Download or read book A Guide for Using The View from Saturday in the Classroom Based on the Novel Written by E.L. Konigsburg written by Colleen Dabney and published by Teacher Created Resources. This book was released on 1998-08 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaching literature unit based on the popular children's story, View from Saturday. 521.

The View From Saturday - Literature Kit Gr. 5-6

Author	: Nat Reed
Publisher	: Classroom Complete Press
Release Date	: 2011-08-11
ISBN 10	: 9781553198901
Pages	: 57 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (989 users)

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Download or read book The View From Saturday - Literature Kit Gr. 5-6 written by Nat Reed and published by Classroom Complete Press. This book was released on 2011-08-11 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this State Standards-aligned Literature Kit™, we divide the novel by chapters or sections and feature reading comprehension and vocabulary questions. In every chapter, we include Before You Read and After You Read questions. The Before You Read activities prepare students for reading by setting a purpose for reading. They stimulate background knowledge and experience, and guide students to make connections between what they know and what they will learn. The After You Read activities check students' comprehension and extend their learning. Students are asked to give thoughtful consideration of the text through creative and evaluative short-answer questions and journal prompts. Also included are writing tasks, graphic organizers, comprehension quiz, test prep, word search, and crossword to further develop students' critical thinking and writing skills, and analysis of the text. About the Novel: The View From Saturday is a Newbery Medal winning story about four gifted students and their life-altering journeys. Noah, Nadia, Ethan and Julian make up the four members of The Souls, a group of 6th grade students competing in the Academic Bowl. Led by Mrs. Olinski, their teacher who has become a paraplegic after a serious car crash, the group must face challenges that will shape their lives as they move through the competition. The story progresses through different perspectives given from each of the four members of The Souls. Each story, told in the first-person, describes an event that relates to a question they were asked in the Academic Bowl finals. Will The Souls successfully rise through the ranks to become state champions? All of our content is aligned to your State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy.

The Newbery Companion

Author	: John Thomas Gillespie
Publisher	: Libraries Unlimited
Release Date	: 2001
ISBN 10	: 1563088134
Pages	: 492 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (34 users)

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Download or read book The Newbery Companion written by John Thomas Gillespie and published by Libraries Unlimited. This book was released on 2001 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Supplies information about Newbery Award-winning authors and books, arranged chronologically from 1922 through 2001, and includes plot summaries, hints on how to introduce the books to young readers, and suggestions for related follow-up reading.

Teaching with Favorite Newbery Books

Author	: Lori Licciardo-Musso
Publisher	: Scholastic Inc.
Release Date	: 1999
ISBN 10	: 0590019759
Pages	: 92 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (59 users)

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Download or read book Teaching with Favorite Newbery Books written by Lori Licciardo-Musso and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 1999 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains engaging discussion questions, vocabulary builders, writing prompts, and great literature response activities.

Creating Robust Vocabulary

Author	: Isabel L. Beck
Publisher	: Guilford Press
Release Date	: 2008-04-28
ISBN 10	: 9781606237847
Pages	: 186 pages
Rating	: 4.0/5 (378 users)

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Download or read book Creating Robust Vocabulary written by Isabel L. Beck and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2008-04-28 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing Words to Life has enlivened the classrooms of hundreds of thousands of teachers. Responding to readers' success stories, practical questions, and requests for extended examples, this ideal volume builds on the groundbreaking work of Bringing Words to Life. The authors present additional tools, tips, and detailed explanations of such questions as which words to teach, when and how to teach them, and how to adapt instruction for English language learners. They provide specific instructional sequences, including assessments, for grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12, as well as interactive lesson planning resources. Invaluable appendices feature engaging classroom activities and a comprehensive list of children's books and stories with suggested vocabulary for study. See also the authors' Bringing Words to Life, Second Edition: Robust Vocabulary Instruction, the authoritative guide to research-based vocabulary instruction, as well as Making Sense of Phonics, Second Edition: The Hows and Whys, by Isabel L. Beck and Mark E. Beck, an invaluable resource for K-3.

Dust Off the Gold Medal

Author	: Sara L. Schwebel
Publisher	: Routledge
Release Date	: 2021-08-23
ISBN 10	: 9781000417630
Pages	: 280 pages
Rating	: 4.0/5 (176 users)

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Download or read book Dust Off the Gold Medal written by Sara L. Schwebel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-08-23 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The oldest and most prestigious children’s literature award, the Newbery Medal has since 1922 been granted annually by the American Library Association to the children’s book it deems "most distinguished." Medal books enjoy an outsized influence on American children’s literature, figuring perennially on publishers’ lists, on library and bookstore shelves, and in school curricula. As such, they offer a compelling window into the history of US children’s literature and publishing, as well as into changing societal attitudes about which books are "best" for America’s schoolchildren. Yet literary scholars have disproportionately ignored the Medal winners in their research. This volume provides a critically- and historically-grounded scholarly analysis of representative but understudied Newbery Medal books from the 1920s through the 2010s, interrogating the disjunction between the books’ omnipresence and influence, on the one hand, and the critical silence surrounding them, on the other. Dust Off the Gold Medal makes a case for closing these scholarly gaps by revealing neglected texts’ insights into the politics of children’s literature prizing and by demonstrating how neglected titles illuminate critical debates currently central to the field of children’s literature. In particular, the essays shed light on the hidden elements of diversity apparent in the neglected Newbery canon while illustrating how the books respond—sometimes in quite subtle ways—to contemporaneous concerns around race, class, gender, disability, nationalism, and globalism.

CliffsNotes 1990s Newbery Medal Winners

Author	: Suzanne Pavlos
Publisher	: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date	: 2001-03-07
ISBN 10	: 9780544179318
Pages	: 194 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (793 users)

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Download or read book CliffsNotes 1990s Newbery Medal Winners written by Suzanne Pavlos and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2001-03-07 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also features glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format. The works covered in CliffsNotes 1990s Newbery Medal Winners are a reflection of the society in which they were written. A recurring theme in the novels that won the Newbery Medal Award in the 1990s, regardless of the time period in which they were set, is the interdependence of people. Other significant themes that appear as a common thread are friendship and family, courage and bravery, and the dilemmas of adolescents struggling to become adults. With plenty of background information about each author, plot synopses, character maps, and in-depth analysis of characters and themes CliffsNotes 1990s Newbery Medal Winners is your ticket to understanding and enjoying all of the following novels: Holes, by Louis Sachar Out of the Dust, by Karen Hesse The View from Saturday, by Elaine Lobl Konigsburg The Midwife’s Apprentice, by Karen Cushman Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech The Giver, by Lois Lowry Missing May, by Cynthia Rylant Shiloh, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Maniac Magee, by Jerry Spinelli Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry Classic literature or modern-day treasure—you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.

Quotation Index to Children's Literature

Author	: Melanie Axel-Lute
Publisher	: Libraries Unlimited
Release Date	: 2001
ISBN 10	: 1563088096
Pages	: 334 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (96 users)

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Download or read book Quotation Index to Children's Literature written by Melanie Axel-Lute and published by Libraries Unlimited. This book was released on 2001 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents over 1,800 quotations from nearly five hundred works of children's literature, arranged alphabetically by author, and includes quotes from fairy tales and nursery rhymes, as well as keyword and title indexes, and a bibliography.

The View From the Corner Shop

Author	: Kathleen Hey
Publisher	: Simon and Schuster
Release Date	: 2016-04-21
ISBN 10	: 9781471154027
Pages	: 352 pages
Rating	: 4.7/5 (54 users)

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Download or read book The View From the Corner Shop written by Kathleen Hey and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-04-21 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lively diary chronicling the ups and downs of running a grocery shop in a Yorkshire town during the rationing years of the Second World War Kathleen Hey spent the war years helping her sister and brother-in-law run a grocery shop in the Yorkshire town of Dewsbury. From July 1941 to July 1946 she kept a diary for the Mass-Observation project, recording the thoughts and concerns of the people who used the shop. What makes Kathleen's account such a vivid and compelling read is the immediacy of her writing. People were pulling together on the surface ('Bert has painted the V-sign on the shop door…', she writes) but there are plenty of tensions underneath. The shortage of food and the extreme difficulty of obtaining it is a constant thread, which dominates conversation in the town, more so even than the danger of bombardment and the war itself. Sometimes events take a comic turn. A lack of onions provokes outrage among her customers, and Kathleen writes, 'I believe they think we have secret onion orgies at night and use them all up.' The Brooke Bond tea rep complains that tea need not be rationed at all if supply ships were not filled with 'useless goods' such as Corn Flakes, and there is a long-running saga about the non-arrival of Smedley's peas. Among the chorus of voices she brings us, Kathleen herself shines through as a strong and engaging woman who refuses to give in to doubts or misery and who maintains her keen sense of humour even under the most trying conditions. A vibrant addition to our records of the Second World War, the power of her diary lies in its juxtaposition of the everyday and the extraordinary, the homely and the universal, small town life and the wartime upheavals of a nation.

The View From Who I Was

Author	: Heather Sappenfield
Publisher	: North Star Editions, Inc.
Release Date	: 2015-01-08
ISBN 10	: 9780738744414
Pages	: 234 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (444 users)

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Download or read book The View From Who I Was written by Heather Sappenfield and published by North Star Editions, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-01-08 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At her school dance, Oona Antunes splits in two. A disembodied part of her watches as she wanders away from the school and lies down in the cold to die. When she’s sent to a Native American school to recover from her suicide attempt, Oona discovers that her problems go beyond herself. If she’s to heal, she will not be able to do it alone.

Talk, Talk

Author	: E.L. Konigsburg
Publisher	: Simon and Schuster
Release Date	: 2011-03-29
ISBN 10	: 9781442429246
Pages	: 192 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (292 users)

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Download or read book Talk, Talk written by E.L. Konigsburg and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-03-29 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In TalkTalk E. L. Konigsburg presents a selection of speeches she has given over a period of 25 years. In her introduction to the first speech, and to the book as a whole, she explains: "While each of my books has been written because I had a story I wanted to tell, these speeches were written because I had something I wanted to say. The audience for the former is children; for the latter, adults.... I recognize -- with a measure of amused detachment -- that some were written as a reaction to trends; others, to fads. I have given these talks in cafetoriums, auditoriums, and the public rooms of Holiday Inns. Even though I have not always been on a stage when addressing an audience, I have tried to set the stage. Between talk and talk, I have written passages connecting the speeches to the time in which they were written and to one another. And that is TalkTalk." Always a thought-provoking speaker, she has chosen nine speeches that capture the essence of her years as a writer for children. When brought together, they enrich one another and provide a chance to look back at what children's books have been, to observe where they are now and to offer an insightful look at what books may continue to mean to children in the years to come. Written by an outstanding author, these speeches, individually and together, represent a vision of the need for books and the role books have played and should continue to play in the lives of children.

Throwing Shadows

Author	: E.L. Konigsburg
Publisher	: Simon and Schuster
Release Date	: 2011-07-26
ISBN 10	: 1442439750
Pages	: 176 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (5 users)

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Download or read book Throwing Shadows written by E.L. Konigsburg and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-07-26 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Five short stories are told in the first person, all crisp and compactly tailored in setting forth their common theme of self-awareness".--Booklist (starred review)

Literary Contexts in Novels

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Publisher	:
Release Date	: 2006
ISBN 10	: 1429820764
Pages	: pages
Rating	: 4.2/5 (64 users)

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A Literature Kit for The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg

Author	: Nat Reed
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 2012
ISBN 10	: 1553195973
Pages	: pages
Rating	: 4.9/5 (73 users)

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Download or read book A Literature Kit for The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg written by Nat Reed and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Journey to an 800 Number

Author	: E.L. Konigsburg
Publisher	: Simon and Schuster
Release Date	: 2011-07-12
ISBN 10	: 9781442439740
Pages	: 144 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (397 users)

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Download or read book Journey to an 800 Number written by E.L. Konigsburg and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-07-12 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1982 novel is the story of Bo Stubbs, about to launch a new life as the privileged stepson of a very rich man--but first he has to survive a month with his father, an itinerant camel-keeper who entertains at shopping malls and conventions around the country. T-Backs, T-Shirts, COAT, and Suit: First published in 1993, this is another story of a kid doing time in an unfamiliar, unconventional environment--in this case, Chloe is spending the summer with her aunt Bernadette, who drives a food service wagon in Florida.

The Second Mrs. Gioconda

Author	: E.L. Konigsburg
Publisher	: Simon and Schuster
Release Date	: 2011-06-28
ISBN 10	: 1442439726
Pages	: 160 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (26 users)

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Download or read book The Second Mrs. Gioconda written by E.L. Konigsburg and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-06-28 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why did Leonardo da Vinci lavish three years on painting the second wife of an unimportant merchant when all the nobles of Europe were begging for a portrait by his hand? In E. L. Konigsburg's intriguing novel, the answer lies with the complex relationship between the genius, his morally questionable young apprentice, and a young duchess whose plain features belie the sensitivity of her soul.