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Picture Books to use in High School Lessons Part II

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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

 

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

 

Fifty Cents And A Dream Young Booker T. Washington by Jabari Asim

 

Determination, Black History 

http://www.biography.com/people/booker-t-washington-9524663

 

Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems  Inference, Sarcasm, Moral, Parody 

http://www.dltk-teach.com/rhymes/goldilocks_story.htm

 

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

 

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

 

Mr. Wuffles! by David Wiesner  Wordless Book, Inference, Cause and Effect 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjNSxn3MVaM

 

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

 

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

 

The Monsters' Monster by Patrick McDonnell  Irony  
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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