by Margot Davidson
This beautiful book is intended for 3rd or 4th graders! It features 19 poems and 18 full-color paintings to inspire your young writer to write narratives, poems and descriptions. Each lesson has discussion questions and a writing prompt. A separate teacher's guide includes story starter lines and sample first lines. It can be used as a supplement to your writing program, doing one lesson every week or every two weeks.
Sample Page
Paintings in this book:
- Maurice Pendergast, The Fairgrounds
- Joseph Clark, Playing with the Kittens
- John Emms, A Restful Tune
- Robert Farrier, Feeding the Rabbits
- Myles Birket Foster, The Entangled Kite and Maiden Voyage
- Adolf Heinrich Lier, Winter Scene with Children Playing
- William Muckley, Holiday Riots or The Muckley Children at Play
- Caroline Paterson, Captured Unawares
- Berthe Morisot, Eugene Manet and his Daughter at Bougival
- George Catlin, Buffalo Chase, A Single Death
- Giacomon Ceruti, Boy with a Basket
- Giacomo Favretto, The Mouse
- Girolamo Induno, Childhood Mishaps
- Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Two Children with Their Dog
- Filippo Palizzi, Street Urchins
- Kronheim & Co., Children's Pastimes on the Beach
- William Mulready, A Sailing Match
This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 29 May, 2007.
