Assignment+2+-+Nonfiction+-+due+Jan.+4

Choose a title from the following lists concentrating on the non-fiction subject area of your choice. I am going to go farther back in time on these since they are a bit harder to find. I will have some available for you at the desk in the Media Center.

Outstanding Books for the College Bound Best Books for Young Adults 2009 (nonfiction section) Best Books for Young Adults 2008 (nonfiction section) Best Books for Young Adults 2007 (nonfiction section) Best Books for Young Adults 2006 (nonfiction section)

List your first name and your nonfiction reading choice below. (You may copy and paste the format given on the introduction page, then fill it in below.) *Judy Oakley //- Fortune's Bones: The Manumisssion Requiem// Bruce Moss - Piano book title? Cris Wiley Heather Wiley - //Carver: A Life in Poems// Stephanie Walters Seth Beale Ruth Sartin
 * Jean Downey //-Japan 1945: A U.S. Marine's Photographs from Ground Zero//
 * Jean White //- Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon//

Judy Oakley //Fortune's Bones: The Manumisssion Requiem// by Marilyn Nelson /Front Street/2003 Summary: A unique volume of poetry based on the history of Fortune, a Connecticut slave owned by Dr. Preserved Porter, a "bonesetter" who lived in Waterbury, Connecticut in the late 1700s. Upon Fortune's death, Dr. Porter rendered Fortune's bones and those bones remained with the Porter family for generations. Subsequent members of the family who chose the medical field as a career studied the skeletal bones. Eventually the bones were donated to the Mattuck Museum. The book is broken into parts resembling a musical requiem. The most moving piece is "Not My Bones" told in the voice of Fortune. Fairly accesible language and messages, it is a unique opportunity for young people to explore the genre. Grade level: middle to high school Uses: individual reading, read aloud Subject tie-in: High yield strategy for reading skill development: = = Comments: Any new opportunity to expose young people to quality poetry is always welcomed. This volume was awarded the Coretta Scott King Honor Award.
 * Literature : yes
 * social studies:yes
 * 1) inference
 * 2) theme
 * 3) summarizing for comprehension

Jean Downey //Japan 1945: A U.S. Marine's Photographs from Ground Zero// by Joe O'Donnell/Vanderbilt University Press/2005 Summary: A volume of photographs documenting the aftermath of the firebombing of several Japanese cities and the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan. These photographs, instead of being part of military archives, were stored in the photographers trunk after the war for 45 years. The photographs are powerful images of the human cost of war. Grade Level: elementary, middle, high school Uses: independent reading, research Subject tie-in: High yield strategy for reading skill development: Comments: Pictures tell stories that suggest questions in the mind of the reader. They open doors to the exploration of history.
 * Social Studies: yes
 * 1) summarizing
 * 2) decoding

Jean White //Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon// by Catherine Thimmesh/Houghton Mifflin Company/2006 Summary: Story from the 'inside' of the trials, tribulations and exicitement of Apollo 11 mission and the moon landing. Pictorial documentation and interesting 'little-known' facts of the many people that contributed to the successful mission from the suit makers/testers to the Austrailian transmission 'Dish'. Note: the book did not list 400,000 people involved in the mission. Grade level: Elementary, Middle, High Uses: individual reading, read aloud Subject tie-in: Science High Yield Stategy for Reading Skill Development: Comments: Enjoyed reading this account as I vividly remember the 1969 mission and watching Walter Cronkite covering the moon walk. It was interesting to read some of the problems that were encountered -- it is amazing that the mission actually took place and was successful -- very close to having a very different outcome. Awarded "The Robert Sibert Medal" (established in 2001, is awarded annually to the author of the most distinguished informational book published during the previous year)
 * 1) inference
 * 2) cause and effect
 * 3) point of view
 * 4) author's purpose
 * 5) summarizing for comprehension

Heather Barto Wiley //Carver: A Life in Poems// Summary: The biography of George Washington Carver as told through short poems. The poems are from the perspective of Carver as well as people who were connected to him or connected to his life in some way. It begins with his life as a slave and moves to the white parents who adopted him. The book follows Carver through his schooling, work, and work for the government. Grade level: middle to high school Uses: independent reading, research paper, read aloud, project Subject tie-in: High yield strategy for reading skill development: = = Comments: I throughly enjoyed this book, and I encouraged all of my literacy students to pick it up and read it. It can be used in a number of subjects and in a variety of ways.
 * Literature : poems and writing poems about the lives of people
 * social studies:biography
 * Bible history: Carver was very spiritual and several passages are mentioned from the Bible
 * Science: further studying the experiments, techniques Carver used to enhance crops
 * 1) inference
 * 2) theme
 * 3) poetry terms
 * 4) Creating poetry
 * 5) Creating biography

Bruce Moss Author: Madeline Goold; Pub. BlueBridge, N.Y.; 2008

This is a realistic story about the introduction of the early square pianos into London society during the latter 1700’s. The square pianos were popular renditions of the larger pianofortes which were heard in great concert halls of Europe. These were similar instruments to those played by Beethoven, Mozart and other Classical Composers.

The story covers the early manufacturing of the square piano by John Broadwood, a businessman and builder who became the founder of the oldest piano company in the world and sold several in the US. A fascinating story about the evolution of the piano told in a compelling story like fashion. These pianos found their way into the homes of Thomas Jefferson and others. Reading Skills Uses: 1. Author’s purpose is to glamorize historical fact with fiction. This book should be considered as **Non-fictional**. 2. Theme: An account of the evolution of the Broadwood piano. I will use this excellent book for piano students and other historical reading.

Reading Skills Uses:

1. Author’s purpose is to glamorize historical fact with fiction. This book should be considered as **Non-fictional**. 2. Theme: An account of the evolution of the Broadwood piano.

Excellent book for pianists and historical reading.