blog 5

The authors give names of a lot of books that they think would be helpful in a class room for students to learn. Let’s have a look at a few of them. They start off with a large list of books by Ruth Heller to help in the study of language arts. The books that are discussed prepositions, collective nouns, interjections and conjunctions, verbs, adjectives, nouns, pronouns and adverbs. Then there is another author that they give a list by is Brian P. Cleary. Next the authors go through different structures of writing and writing styles to help children learn. They list books about adjectives, compound words, idioms, nouns, opposites, oxymorons, playing with words, puns, superlatives, verbs, vowels and consonants, words within words, books that illustrate the features of writing, relevant details, interesting use of italics, language that extends vocabulary, memoir like story, metaphors and similes, onomatopoeia (the formation or use of words that imitate the sound associated with something, e.g. "hiss" and "buzz"), patterned text, personifications, questions as a story structure, slows time and shows a small moment, unusual punctuation, books that feature an author’s visit, books that illustrate a fractured tale (parody), and books about the importance of reading. They show through these books how they are helpful in the class room at teaching certain subjects in reading and writing.

Let me go through the books I thought were interesting. The first is Puppies! Puppies! Puppies! By Susan Meryers. Who would not love a book about puppies; I am a dog lover with four dogs of my own. With this book a teacher could show students all the ways adjectives are used. The next book is Who Ordered the Jumbo Shrimp? And Other Oxymorons by Jon Agee. This book got rave review from the New York Times saying about it as “laugh-out-loud-brilliant.” Another book I thought was an interesting book to look into is Worrywarts by Pamela Duncan Edwards. This book makes use alliterations as a wombat, weasel, and woodchuck go for a walk and wombat cause all her friends to worry. The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig a book by Eugene Trivizas is a book with a twist that I would like to read to my grandson. The big bad pig blows down the three little wolves’ houses that would be something I would like to read to him. The last book mentioned in chapter one is The Wednesday Surprise by Eve Bunting is a heartwarming book about a granddaughter teaching her grandmother to read for the grandmother can read for her son’s birthday surprise.