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INTERVIEWING A BOOKTHE WATSON’S GO TO BIRMINGHAM - 1963
Write the heading above in your
notebook.
You also need your folder.
1/13/14
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
1/14
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.