Seedfolks
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Seedfolks
Fleischman, Paul. (1997). Seedfolks. New York, NY: Harper Collins Publishers.
Reading Level: 710L
Why Should You Read This Book?
- Each chapter is from a different character's perspective which can help the students understand different character traits.
- The book has a strong theme of relationships and change.
- The book discusses immigration, which can provide a nice bridge to talk about historical topics.
- Cause and effect is a prevalent theme in this text.
- Some of the chapters briefly touch upon world history, such as World War II, which can be a gateway for discussion.
- The book has a strong theme of relationships and change.
- The book discusses immigration, which can provide a nice bridge to talk about historical topics.
- Cause and effect is a prevalent theme in this text.
- Some of the chapters briefly touch upon world history, such as World War II, which can be a gateway for discussion.
This book would work very well with literature circles.
Online Resources:
Voki
Students would use Voki to record the perspective of the character they chose (see more information in Writing Strategy). They can customize the Voki so that it looks like the character illustrated, or how the character looks in the student's imagination.
http://www.voki.com/pickup.php?scid=12593710&height=267&width=200
Infographic
Students can use Pictochart to create an infographic, showing cause and effect relationships. They can use cause and effect relationships in the text between characters, the environment, and the town.
http://piktochart.com/
Key Words
Diversity, Relationships, Change, Understanding, Community
Vocabulary:
Vacant: empty
Spouts: to discharge with force.
Troughs: a container that is long, narrow, and open used to hold food or water for animals.
Altering: to make different in a particular way.
Locket: A necklace that opens and has a little place to hold a personal item, like a picture.
Immigrants: A person who moves to a new country
Reading Strategy:
Before reading this story, have students complete a KWL chart as a class about what they know about immigration and want to know about immigration. Save the L part for after the story is finished.
During reading, model comprehension, while addressing important concepts in the text and talking aloud about how you understand what it happening.
After reading, have the students fill in the L part of the KWL chart, using evidence from the text to support what they learned. Have the students hold a collaborative conversation in their book groups, about the themes of relationships and change from the book. Have them come prepared with questions and points for discussion.
Writing Strategy:
After reading the story as a class, have the students write from the perspective of one of the characters in the book. Have them study a specific character and write about what that character's earlier life could have been like and what brought them to where they are in the story. This writing will be used with Voki.
Locket: A necklace that opens and has a little place to hold a personal item, like a picture.
Immigrants: A person who moves to a new country
Reading Strategy:
Before reading this story, have students complete a KWL chart as a class about what they know about immigration and want to know about immigration. Save the L part for after the story is finished.
During reading, model comprehension, while addressing important concepts in the text and talking aloud about how you understand what it happening.
After reading, have the students fill in the L part of the KWL chart, using evidence from the text to support what they learned. Have the students hold a collaborative conversation in their book groups, about the themes of relationships and change from the book. Have them come prepared with questions and points for discussion.
Writing Strategy:
After reading the story as a class, have the students write from the perspective of one of the characters in the book. Have them study a specific character and write about what that character's earlier life could have been like and what brought them to where they are in the story. This writing will be used with Voki.
