Friday, May 11, 2007

• Elizabeth George Speare's Witch of Blackbird Pond

  Elizabeth George Speare's Witch of Blackbird Pond - Our current library audiobook in the van is the Witch of Blackbird Pond. J9dd selected it...She loves to read with quite a passion, which is so exciting...I'm still waiting (and waiting...)  for the reading bug to hit the boys...  (Is it a girl thing?) She probably would rather read than almost anything and often carries her current book around with her. These days she likes to either read books by the same author or in a series. We both enjoyed Elizabeth G. Speare's other book which we read for history, The Bronze Bow so she wanted to read this one next. I know it's a good book when I start driving even slower than usual and taking the long way home just to finish the chapter...(I know, I know...it's wasting gas...but it's harder to get the kids to sit and listen intently for a longer period of time unless you build up a bit of momentum...)

  I found a couple of links which have free literature study guides, including ones for Blackbird Pond:

  • Edhelper.com Literature Units 
  • Glencoe Literature Library    (click on book, then scroll down to Study Guide)
  • Teacher's Study Guide for Student Matinee - this one is specifically for Witch of Blackbird Pond and has good resource helps on pages 5-11, which includes info about Puritans and Quakers.

  Speaking of books, in the evenings Ben has been trying to read to the kids from this series about famous missionaries and later on, the kids get to listen to a usually fun, lighthearted (not-scary-before-bedtime) audiobook in bed after the lights are out...usually the likes of Junie B. Jones or Magic Tree House. I wish it were War and Peace, but I suppose beggars can't be too choosy...

  Currently Reading The Witch of Blackbird Pond By Elizabeth George Speare see related

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