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Lowry, Lois – Horn Book Magazine, 1988
Describes the vision that prompted the author to place the characters of her prize-winning novel in a small West Virginia town--a place where love has no conditions on it. Thanks readers for sharing her vision. (ARH)
Descriptors: Authors, Characterization, Childrens Literature, Creative Thinking
Baxter, Kathleen – School Library Journal, 2004
This article discusses the great interest in pirates in society today. Movies, toys, and stories are including stories of pirates and adventure more and more. In this article, the author suggests keeping the adventure going by sharing the exciting books described in this article with fourth- to sixth-grade students.
Descriptors: Nonfiction, Childrens Literature, Grade 6, Student Attitudes
Glassner, Sid S. – Teaching and Learning Literature with Children and Young Adults, 1996
Reviews a sixth grader's book report on Paul Fox's "The Slave Dancer" and draws critical inferences about the student's lack of real engagement with literature. (TB)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Literary Criticism
Roginski, Jim – Horn Book Magazine, 1987
Recounts the history of WETA-TV's "Cover to Cover" program, initiated in 1965. Relates that the program has been updated to reach a wider audience and now is geared toward fifth and sixth graders, with a change of title to "More Books from Cover to Cover." (NKA)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Educational Media, Elementary Education, Grade 5
Peer reviewedJohnson, Terry – Emergency Librarian, 1992
Examines current educational thinking about the development of children's writing, story structure and its functional components, and economy in writing. Strategies that teachers and teacher librarians can use to improve students' work are suggested, and an annotated bibliography of seven childrens' stories is provided. (eight references) (EA)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Creative Writing, Elementary Education, Grade 6
Stevenson, Jean M. – Horn Book Magazine, 1987
Finds that sharing research on a particular author (Katherine Paterson) with a friend's sixth-grade class increased the students' interest in both the author and her books, led to fruitful discussions with the children, and aroused their curiosity about other authors and books. (NKA)
Descriptors: Authors, Books, Childrens Literature, Classroom Techniques
Peer reviewedShea, Mary E. – New Advocate, 1998
Offers a classroom vignette that describes how the author invites students to collect pearls of wisdom (memorable quotations in books) as a source of inspiration. Offers an example of such a quote that stimulated rich discussion in a sixth-grade classroom. (SR)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Coping, English Instruction
Greenlaw, M. Jean – Horn Book Magazine, 1987
Describes a teaching plan in which sixth grade students studied China through pictures, books, and storytelling. (FL)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Childrens Literature, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
