USING PICTURE BOOKS

TO CREATE CLASSROOM MAGIC

Teri Lesesne

Sam Houston State University

@professornana

PRESENTATION

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PICTURE BOOKS

AS MENTOR TEXTS

EXAMINING NF STRUCTURES

NF TEMPLATE

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BIOGRAPHIES

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HISTORY THROUGH BIOGRAPHY

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STORIES WITHOUT WORDS

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SLICE OF LIFE

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REALITY VS. MYTHOLOGY

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DISPELLING MYTHS

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TELLING THE TRUTH

COMMUNITY

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SO HOW CAN WE USE PB

BIOGRAPHIES?

As model for report writing

As model for narrative versus expository text differences

As model for handling “difficult” events in lives of the famous

As model for teaching about AUDIENCE

What else?

EXAMINING PLOT STRUCTURES

DEVELOPING EMPATHY

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MOOD AND TONE

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ARCHETYPES

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THIS READ ALOUD BROUGHT TO YOU BY MO

WILLEMS

“Once upon a time there were three dinosaurs: Papa Dinosaur,

Mama Dinosaur, and some other Dinosaur who happened to be

visiting from Norway.” 19

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WHAT DOES THE OPENING

SENTENCE TELL READERS?

Setting

Main characters

Motif

Archetype

And…it’s going to be funny!

Plus it addresses this CCSS (anchor standard):

Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details,

and well-structured event sequences

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CCSS

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.1

Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make

logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing

or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.2

Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their

development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.3

Analyze how and why individuals, events, or ideas develop and

interact over the course of a text.

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CCSS

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.4

Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.5

Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.6

Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.

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IN MATH, TOO!

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POWER OF TENS

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BIOGRAPHIES OF MATHEMATICIANS

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CELEBRATING CULTURES

Through extensive reading of

stories, dramas, poems, and myths

from diverse cultures and different

time periods, students gain literary

and cultural knowledge as well as

familiarity with various text

structures and elements.

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EXAMINING PARODY

TEXT VS. ILLUSTRATION

FOCUS ON THE ART

Color

Media

Technique

Perspective

Composition

COLOR

COMPOSITION

frameplacement on

page

MENTOR TEXT

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MAP SKILLS

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CCSS

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.9

Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in

order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors

take.

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THE ORAL TRADITION

NEW TAKES, OLD TALES

NEW TAKES ON OLD TALES

MOTIFS (MAGIC NUMBERS)

FABLES

FRESH APPROACHES

FAIRY TALE VARIANTS

CARIBBEAN AND KOREAN

ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES

CREATING TALKING POINTS

GOT ISSUES?

FEMINISM AND EVOLUTION

CULTURE

DEALING WITH TRAGEDY

EDGE OR FRINGE READING

FINDING TIME TO READ

Average person can read

300 words per minute

In one week, that is

31,500 words

In one year, it is

1,512,000 words

Average book is

75,000 words

Can read +20 books a

year with only 15 minutes a day

More than 1000 extra

books in a lifetime

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SO HOW DO PICTURE BOOKS PLAY

OUT?

Average picture book is 32 pages

Average picture book can be read aloud in less than

10 minutes

Fluency and prosody are being modeled

Readers are being introduced to new words

(splendiferous)

HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY

ART

CULTURAL TWIST

DIFFERENT TWIST

ADD HISTORY TO THE MIX

WHICH COMES FIRST?

STYLE AND DICTION

TEXAS ACCENTS

ANOTHER BUBBA

DON’T LOSE SIGHT OF THE PB