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● Thank you, Southside!
● Introductions Oh the Places You’ll Go
Claiming not to write for children, he [Dr. Seuss] has always said
he doesn't know if his books are children's books for adults
or adults' books for children.
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10 Stories Behind
Dr. Seuss Stories
● Monday, March 2nd
● Hosted by NEAo Toolkit Here
o Artwork and Downloadables
Elementary: Jessica Harber
Junior High: Kristie Rounds
Senior High: Tammy Gillmore
Author Study: All about Dr. Seuss (5-7 day
lesson plan) (RI.1.5)
● Cat in the Hat ( RL.1.2, RL.1.3)
● Fox in Socks
● Oh, the Places You’ll Go!(W.CCR.3)
● Horton Hears a Who (L.1.2b, L.1.2c, L.1.2d)
● From Seuss to Swift: Exploring the
History of Satire (IRA-NCTE lesson
plan)
● Analyzing Political Cartoons
● The Lorax -- argument
● The Sneeches--Bullying and Racism
● Allegory
● Satire
● Current Event Topics
○ Cold War
● The Butter Battle Book
o Synopsis here at Schmoop
o Video version
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3
Analyze the impact of the author's choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of
a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters
are introduced and developed)
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.5
Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the structure an author uses in his or her
exposition or argument, including whether the structure makes points clear, convincing,
and engaging.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.6Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness or beauty of the text.
● Yertle, the Turtle o Hitler
● The Loraxo environmental concerns
● The Snitcheso Anti-Semitism
● Marvin K Mooney Will You Please Go Nowo Nixon?
Web English Teacher
Read Write Think
National WWII Museum
● Upcoming Meetingso March
o April
o May
● 2015-16 Officers
● IRA...now ILA...reading.orgo National Conference: St. Louis - July 18-20
