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Go, Annie, Go!
6-pack
ISBN: 9780478124842
Grade Level:
2
Reading Level:
L
Strategy/Skill:
Cause and effect, Comparing and contrasting, Making connections, Point of view
Genre:
Realistic Fiction
Theme/Topic:
Character Education, Overcoming Obstacles, Relationships
Classification:
Fiction
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Book Summary
Annie has always been teased by her classmates for being different. When she unexpectedly joins in the one-mile race, the other girls mock her until the narrator decides to cheer her on.
Features of the Book
- First-person narrative
- Themes and settings that are familiar to children
- Issues of difference, teasing, and special needs
- Powerful story on an emotional level
- Direct speech
- Hyphenation – after-school, one-mile
- Colloquial language – way to go; Go, Annie, go!
Purpose
Go, Annie, Go! can be used to introduce and reinforce the following skills:
- making connections between children’s experiences and the text
- distinguishing between the narrator and author of a story
- inferring cause and effect relationships
- exploring point of view
- making comparisons within a book
For more infomration please see our Lesson Plan
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