The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963
Title | The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher Paul Curtis |
Publisher | Yearling |
Pages | 241 |
Release | 2013-08-06 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0385382952 |
Celebrate the 25th anniversary of this Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree about a hilarious family on a road-trip at one of the most important times in America's history. This special edition makes a perfect gift and includes bonus content! Enter the hilarious world of ten-year-old Kenny and his family, the Weird Watsons of Flint, Michigan. There's Momma, Dad, little sister Joetta, and brother Byron, who's thirteen and an "official juvenile delinquent." When Byron gets to be too much trouble, they head South to Birmingham to visit Grandma, the one person who can shape him up. And they'll be in Birmingham during one of the darkest moments in America's history. "Every so often a book becomes a modern classic almost as soon as it arrives on bookshelves. That happened in the mid-'90s when Christopher Paul Curtis released his first book, The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963." --NPR "One of the best novels EVER." --Jacqueline Woodson, Newbery Honor and National Book Award–winning author of Brown Girl Dreaming
The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 Post-Reading Activities
Title | The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 Post-Reading Activities PDF eBook |
Author | Suzanne Barchers |
Publisher | Teacher Created Materials |
Pages | 5 |
Release | 2014-10-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 1480791466 |
These assessment questions for The Watsons Go to Birmingham1963 are modeled after current testing models requiring students to revisit the text for answers. Students have to support their opinions and inferences with examples from the text.
A Guide for Using The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 in the Classroom
Title | A Guide for Using The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 in the Classroom PDF eBook |
Author | Debra J. Housel |
Publisher | Teacher Created Resources |
Pages | 50 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 0743931556 |
Pages perforated for removal and reproduction.
The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
Title | The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis PDF eBook |
Author | Anita Yeoman |
Publisher | |
Pages | 74 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781897157152 |
The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 [by] Christopher Paul Curtis
Title | The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 [by] Christopher Paul Curtis PDF eBook |
Author | Kathleen M. Fischer |
Publisher | |
Pages | 42 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Children's literature |
ISBN |
The Watsons Go to Birmingham1963: An Instructional Guide for Literature
Title | The Watsons Go to Birmingham1963: An Instructional Guide for Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Suzanne I. Barchers |
Publisher | Teacher Created Materials |
Pages | 75 |
Release | 2014-09-01 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1425889891 |
Looking for ways to add rigor to your students' explorations of rich, complex literature? Students will be engaged as they analyze this Newbery Honor Book set in 1960's Birmingham. The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963: An Instructional Guide for Literature provides engaging activities that incorporate the following research-based literacy skills: close reading tasks; text-based vocabulary practice; cross-curricular activities; text-dependent questions; reader response writing prompts; leveled comprehension questions; story elements comprehension tasks; diverse and relevant assessments. Strengthen your students' literacy skills by implementing this high-interest resource in your classroom!
An Instructional Guide for Literature: The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963
Title | An Instructional Guide for Literature: The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 PDF eBook |
Author | Suzanne Barchers |
Publisher | Teacher Created Materials |
Pages | 75 |
Release | 2014-06-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1425897282 |
Connect students with events from the past by completing fun, challenging activities and lessons with this e-book guide about a story based on tragic events that occurred in Birmingham as a result of racism. The Watsons visit their grandma in Birmingham, intending to have their troubled son stay with her to learn some discipline, but return home when there is a bombing in a local church. This literary instructional guide is filled with rigorous cross-curricular lessons and activities that work in conjunction with the fictional text to teach students how to comprehend complex literature and help them understand the significance of the historical events the story is based on. This resource supports Common Core Learning Standards and is packed with tools to teach students how to analyze story elements in multiple ways, practice close reading and text-based vocabulary, determine meaning through text-dependent questions, and more. This is the perfect way to add rigor to your students' explorations of rich, complex literature.