INTERVIEWING A BOOKTHE WATSON’S GO TO BIRMINGHAM - 1963

Write the heading above in your

notebook.

You also need your folder.

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INTERVIEWING A BOOK

We are going to interview the book The

Watson’s Go to Birmingham – 1963

You will be prompted to answer

questions about the book on the following

slides. Write in complete sentences.

FRONT COVER

In what time period does the cover

suggest that this novel is set?

Why do you think the date 1963 is in the

book title?

What characters do you expect to read

about in this novel?

BACK COVER

Read the text found on the back

cover, including information about the

awards this novel has won.

What is this book about? What

people think this is a good book?

THE NEXT TO LAST PAGE

Read about the awards this book

has won and read about the author.

What new information did you learn

here?

GRAB THE FOLLOWING

A The Watson’s go the Birmingham – 1963

book

Your notebook

Your folder

Your silent reading book

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THE DEDICATION PAGE

What is a dedication page?

What does the word dedicate mean?

THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT PAGE

Study the acknowledgement page.

What does this page seem to be

about?

Define the word memorial.

COMPARE AND CONTRAST

How will this book compare and

contrast with Wanted by Carolyn B.

Cooney? List at least three

similarities and three differences.

READ-ALOUDTHINK-ALOUD

Today we’ll focus on asking questions to clarify

meaning in text.

I’m going to read pages 1-7 aloud to you and

model the strategy of questioning. (We’ll stop at

“’O.K. boys, let’s get out there and knock those

windows out…’”)

Target words: dedicate, memorial, generate

LET’S DISCUSS

What does this book seem to be

about so far?

What could be confusing to a reader

of this chapter?

Where are there indications that

this story does not happen in modern

times, like this year?

HISTORICAL FICTION

Turn to your neighbor – What does

the word genre mean?

How can a story be both history and

fiction?

FEATURES OF HISTORICAL FICTION

It is a narrative, a story

The setting is in a real time or place of the past.

Plot or action may include a significant event from the past.

Characters may include real people who made important

contributions to the culture or time period in which the novel

is set.

Real events and fictional events are woven together.

GENRE CHECK

Can The Watson’s Go to

Birmingham – 1963 be considered

historical fiction? Why or why not?

AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

Civil Rights – the rights people have to

equal treatment and equal opportunities

under a country’s laws.

A Movement – is a group of people who

share the same beliefs and work together for

the same cause.

PAGE 69 OF HANDBOOK

You’ll have three minutes to write down as

much as you can about The Civil Rights

Movement in the chart on page 69.

Next, you’ll have five minutes to add to

your chart by asking the people around you.

As we watch this and this film, add to your

chart.