Why Are Picture Books Important in Secondary Education?
Helps develop skills for Figure 19 of STAAR
Aids in Expository Writing
Supports specific knowledge in Science and Social Studies TEKS
Supports Early Childhood Education training (i.e. Ready, Set, Teach)
For use with Functional Skills students
For increased comprehension skills with ESL students
Great Websites that Promote the use of Picture Books in the Secondary Classroom
http://hspicturebooks.blogspot.com This one is my favorite!
https://whatsnotwrong.wordpress.com/2013/07/11/its-picture-book-monday-in-high-school/
https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2012/08/18/top-10-picture-books-for-the-secondary-classroom/
https://readingrecovery.org/images/pdfs/Conferences/NC09/Handouts/McClure_Picture_Books.pdf
Picture Books to use in High School Lessons --Part One
This table pulls titles and lessons from the websites above for a quick at-a-glance view.
Title/Author |
TEK/Topic |
Misc. |
Back of the Bus by Aaron Reynolds |
Social Studies, Civil Rights, Black History, Point of View, Inspiration, Determination, |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBzYV_eATGY
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All Star! Honus Wagner and the Most Famous Baseball Card Ever by Jane Yolen |
Sports-Baseball, Overcoming adversity, |
http://baseballhall.org/hof/wagner-honus
http://www.honuswagner.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T206_Honus_Wagner
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Fifty Cents And A Dream Young Booker T. Washington by Jabari Asim
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Determination, Black History |
http://www.biography.com/people/booker-t-washington-9524663
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Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems |
Inference, Sarcasm, Moral, Parody |
http://www.dltk-teach.com/rhymes/goldilocks_story.htm
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Tito Puente Mambo King by Monica Brown |
Expository Writing |
Invite percussionists to teach the students how to drum out a beat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT7nE1cwsjo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIWkzwc1EAI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6fhsmVyNaw
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The Plot Chickens by Mary Jane and Herm Auch |
The Writing Process, Word Play |
http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/Page/9296
http://www.holidayhouse.com/docs/plot_chickens_the.pdf
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Mr. Wuffles! by David Wiesner |
Wordless Book, Inference, Cause and Effect |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjNSxn3MVaM
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Write On, Mercy! The Secret Life of Mercy Otis Warren by Gretchen Woelfle |
Social Studies-American Revolution, Women's Rights |
http://www.revolutionary-war.net/mercy-otis-warren.html
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Rosa by Nikki Giovanni |
Social Studies-Segregation, Black History, Civil Rights |
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/rosa-parks/videos/bet-you-didnt-know-rosa-parks
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The Monsters' Monster by Patrick McDonnell |
Irony |
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Just Being Audrey by Margaret Cardillo |
Social Studies-World War II, Holocaust, Theatre, Acting, Determination, Humanitarianism |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uirBWk-qd9A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urQVzgEO_w8
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