Helps young readers learn about literary elements such as characterization, plot, foreshadowing, and figurative language through lessons that include annotations for new and classic books, material lists, and activities.
An annotated guide to 100 new and classic picture books that model the use of key literary elements and appeal to grades 4 8 students.
Three master educators and literature experts just made planning reading instruction much easier and learning literary elements more engaging. This resource compiles more than 100 annotations of new and classic picture books that model the use of key literary elements and appeal to grades 4-8 students. Organized by eight key literary elements setting, point of view, plot, characterization, theme, foreshadowing, flashback, and figurative language each section includes an introduction to the literary element, an annotated list of books describing why they work well for the selected literary element, and two literary-element-focused lessons on specific books. For use with Grades 4-8.
