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Start Your Child's Writing Assignments Off On the Right Page
By Debra Pryor and Deborah Meyers
For many students – and adults too – the hardest part of writing is getting started. Writing teachers suggest using creative ways to think about the topic, and always writing at least one draft prior to the "final copy."
If your child has difficulty with writing assignments, come to the rescue with these techniques for generating ideas.
Questions. Make a list of interesting questions to explore. For example, on an assigned topic of “honesty:"
Are there different ideas about what honesty means?
Has someone’s dishonesty ever affected you personally?
Are honesty in business dealings and personal dealings equally important?
Or ask these traditional journalist's questions about the topic:
Who?
What?
Where?
When?
Why?
How?
Cubing. Explore the topic from six views, making notes on each. Spend no more than five minutes on each, following this order:
(1) Describe it – what do you see?
(2) Compare/contrast it – what is it similar to or different from?
(3) Associate it – what does it remind you of?
(4) Analyze it – how is it made or what causes it?
(5) Apply it – what can you do with it, how can it be used?
(6) Argue for or against it – take a stand, one way or the other, and list any reasons, serious or silly.
Clustering. Pick a key word related to the topic and write it in the middle of a sheet of paper. Circle the word and draw rays extending out. Write down other words that come to mind, and circle them. Keep writing and connecting words for a few minutes. If you go blank, draw connecting lines and circles – you’ll think of more words later. Then look over the words in the cluster until they suggest a starting sentence for the essay.
Good luck! And remember, practice makes perfect!
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with thanks to Carol Hurst: www.carolhurst.com
Books set in the Colonial Period:
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Picture Books:
*Costabel, Eva Deutsch. The Jews of New Amsterdam. (Atheneum, 1988. ISBN 0-689-31351-9.) Grades 2+.
New York, 1650's.
This simplified text gives an overview of the Jews' effect on the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam.
*Forest, Heather. The Baker's Dozen. Illustrated by Susan Graber . (Harcourt, 1992 ISBN 0 15 200412 2.) Grades 1+.
The custom of the baker's dozen is shown here to have started in a town in colonial America.
*Lobel, Arnold. On the Day Peter Stuyvesant Sailed into Town. (Harper, 1971. ISBN 0-06-443144-4.) Grades 1+.
New York, 1647.
This text follows the development of New Amsterdam during Stuyvesant's efforts to organize the town. Author Info.
*Locker, Thomas. The Land of Gray Wolf. (Dial, 1990. ISBN 0-8037-0936-6.) Grades 2+.
The destruction of the wilderness viewed through the eyes of a Native American child.
*McGovern, Ann. If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620. Illustrated by Anna DiVito. (Scholastic, 1991. ISBN 0-590-45161-8). Grades 2+.
Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
A question and answer format book about life during the Mayflower voyage.
***Sewell, Marcia. Pilgrims of Plimouth. (Macmillan, 1986. ISBN 0-689-31250-4.) Nonfiction. Grades 2+.
Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620's.
With more historical accuracy than many picture books, Sewell tells of the daily life of the people commonly referred to as Pilgrims.
***Sewall, Marcia. People of the Breaking Day. (Atheneum, 1990. ISBN 0-689-31407-8). Nonfiction. Grades 2+.
Plymouth, Massachusetts. 1620's.
This is daily life from the point of view of the Native Americans living in the area where the Pilgrims settled.
***Sewall, Marcia. Thunder From the Clear Sky. (Atheneum, 1995. ISBN 0-689-31775-1). Nonfiction. Grades 2+.
Plymouth, Massachusetts. 1620's.
With alternating viewpoints of the Wampanoag and Pilgrims this book tells the story of their interactions.
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Novels
**Avi. Night Journeys. (Morrow, 1979 ISBN 0-688-05298-3 .) 160 pages. Grades 4+.
Pennsylvania and New Jersey, 1768.
Peter York's guardian, Everett, is a devout Quaker and, in 1768, his care of Peter seems unbending and unfair. He joins a hunt for some runaway indentured servants on the Pennsylvania - New Jersey border, only to find that they have been truly mistreated. Now he must seek help from Everett to help the children.
*Bulla, Clyde Robert. Charlie's House. (Knopf, 1993 ISBN 0-679-83841-4) 96 pages. Gr. 3+.
An indentured servant, Charlie Brig comes to America seeking a prosperous life and finds instead that he is indentured to an impossibly cruel man, the only escape from whom is to cast his lot with the runaway slaves.
*Bulla, Clyde Robert. A Lion to Guard Us. (HarperCollins, 1981 ISBN 0-690-04097-0) 117 pages. Gr. 3+.
Virginia.
In this accessible, brief novel, we have the story of three children who, after their mother dies, make their way to Virginia Colony in search of their father.
**Clapp, Patricia. Constance: A Story of Early Plymouth. (Morrow, 1968 ISBN 0-688-10976-4) 256 pages. Grades 6+.
Plymouth, Massachusetts. 1620's.
This novel gives us an imaginary journal kept by Constance Hopkins from the time she sails on the Mayflower until her wedding five years later. Although a work of fiction, the book sticks quite closely to the facts and gives us a personal look at the day to day life in Plymouth.
*Clapp, Patricia. Witches' Children: A Story of Salem. (Puffin, 1987. ISBN 0-14-032407-0.) Grades 4+.
Salem, Massachusetts. Late 1600's.
The first person narrative of a girl swept up in the witch hunt hysteria.
**Dalgliesh, Alice. The Courage of Sarah Noble. (Aladdin, 1954. ISBN 0-689-71057-7.) Grades 2+.
Massachusetts and Connecticut, 1707.
Short and accessible, this fact based novel shows us a white family of settlers and their friendship with local Indians through the eyes of the eight year old daughter.
*Dillon, Eilis. The Seekers. (Charles Scribner's, 1986. 0-684-18595-4.) 136pg. Grade 5+.
Yorkshire, England and Plymouth Colony, 1632.
A teenager travels with the family of his fiancee to Plymouth. The Saints (the Pilgrims who were in Plymouth for religious reasons) are shown as hardworking, generous and intolerant. After learning and experiencing much the young couple returns to England.
**Field, Rachel. Calico Bush. (Dell, 1931. ISBN 0-440-40368-5.) Grades 5+.
Massachusetts and Maine, 1743.
This 1931 Newbery Award winner stands the test of time. The story of a French orphan indentured to an English family, this book gives us an intimate portrait of the interactions and prejudices between the two groups of settlers and the English family's conflict with local Native Americans.
*Fleischman, Paul. Saturnalia. (HarperCollins, 1990 ISBN 0-06-021912-2) 128 pages. Gr. 5+.
Boston, 1681.
William's Narragansett village has been attacked and he seems to be its sole survivor. Apprenticed to a printer in Boston in 1681, he walks the night streets hoping to find some trace of his family.
*Fritz, Jean. The Cabin Faced West. (Putnam, 1958. ISBN 0-14-03225-6). Grades 3+.
Pennsylvania, early 1700's.
The experiences of a ten year old girl adjusting to life in the woods without other children to play with. Based on the Jean Fritz's grandmother's experiences.
**Fritz, Jean. Early Thunder. (Putnam, 1967. ISBN 0-698-20036-5.) Grades 5+.
Massachusetts, 1770's.
This novel offers a more balanced view than most of the period immediately preceding the Revolutionary War.
**Keehn, Sally M. I Am Regina. (Philomel, 1990. ISBN 0-399-21797-5.) Grade 6+.
Pennsylvania, mid 1700's.
The story of a white girl captured by Native Americans at the age of 10 and then returned at the age of 18 and her adjustments to the two cultures.
*Koller, Jackie French. The Primrose Way. (Harcourt. 1992 ISBN 0-15-256745-3) 275 pages. Gr. 5+.
Agawam, Massachusetts, 1633.
The clash of cultures between the Pawtucket Indians and the new settlers is the focus for this novel. Rebekah, the daughter of a missionary, befriends a young Native American girl and is accused of siding against her own family.
**Monjo, F. N. The House on Stink Alley. (Dell, 1977. ISBN 0-440-43376-2). Grade 2+.
Holland, early 1600's.
Based on primary sources this book tells of the Pilgrims' years in Holland prior to their sailing to the New World.
***Petry, Ann. Tituba of Salem Village. (Harper Trophy. 1991 ISBN 0-064-40403-X) 254 pages. Grades 5+.
Salem, Massachusetts. 1600's.
This slightly fictionalized account of the Salem witchcraft trials shows how suspicion is cast on Tituba, not only because she can tell fortunes, but because she is black and friendless. The girls who accuse her and others are portrayed variously as foolish, misguided, and self-centered.
*Rinaldi, Ann. A Break with Charity. (Harcourt Brace, 1992. ISBN 0-15-200353-3.) Grade 6+.
Salem, Massachusetts. 1600's.
The book deals with the witchcraft trials through Susanna English who knew from the beginning that the young women who "cried out" against witches were coldly aware of what they were doing. Unable to reveal the secret because of the very real fear that they might cry out against her or her family Susanna struggles with overwhelming guilt as one by one the nonconformists in that Puritan community were led to the gallows.
*Rinaldi, Ann. The Fifth of March. (Harcourt, 1993 ISBN 0 15 200343 6.) Grades 5+.
Boston, Massachusetts, 1768.
Rachel Marsh is the indentured servant for John and Abigail Adams. The skirmishes with the British soldiers have started but Rachel falls in love with a British soldier brought to trial after the Boston Massacre.
***Speare, Elizabeth George. Witch of Blackbird Pond. (Dell, 1978. ISBN 0 440 99577 9.) 256pg. 6+.
Connecticut, 1688.
Kit Tyler spent the first sixteen years of her life in the Barbados where rules were less restrictive. At Blackbird Pond, the only place where Kit feels free, she meets and befriends Hannah, a Quaker whom villagers suspect of witchcraft.
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Nonfiction:
*Ayer, Eleanor H. The Anasazi. (Walker, 1993 ISBN 0-8027-8184-5.) 112 pages. Grades 5+.
This book, which traces the rise and fall of the Anasazi society in what is now the southwestern U.S., gives us a source of comparison between dwellings and societies in this and other areas of the country.
**Bowen, Gary. Stranded at Plimoth Plantation 1626. (HarperCollins, 1994. ISBN 0 06 022542 4) 82pg. Grades 3+.
Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1626.
The journal entries of a young indentured servant are short and successful in showing the character of the boy as well as depicting the daily life of Plymouth. Much of the superstition, folk cures and early medicinal treatments are included. The woodcuts are well done and add an authentic note.
**Bradford, William. Homes in the Wilderness: A Pilgrim's Journal of Plymouth Plantation in 1620. (Shoe String, 1988 ISBN 0-208-02197-3.) 75 pages. Grades 4+.
Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
Based on Bradford's own journal, this small book tells of the Mayflower journey, and the events of the first years in Plimoth Colony. Included are entries from the actual journal.
Fradin, Dennis. The Connecticut Colony (ISBN 0-516-00393-3).
The Georgia Colony (ISBN 0-516-00392-5).
The Maryland Colony (ISBN 0-516-00394-1).
The Massachusetts Colony (0-516-00386-0).
The New Hampshire Colony (0-516-00388-7).
The New Jersey Colony (ISBN 0-516-00395).
The New York Colony (ISBN 0-516-00389-5).
The North Carolina Colony (ISBN 0-516-00396-8).
The Pennsylvania Colony (ISBN 0-516-00390-9).
The Rhode Island Colony (ISBN 0-516-00391-7).
The Virginia Colony (ISBN 0-516-00387-9).
The Delaware Colony (ISBN 0-516-00398-4).
The South Carolina Colony (ISBN 0-516-00397-6).
The entire series is published by Children's Press, 1990. Grade 2+.
This series provides generous amounts of otherwise hard to find information about the development of the individual colonies.
**Fritz, Jean. The Double Life of Pocahontas. (Putnam, 1983. ISBN 0-399-21016-4). Grades 3+.
The true story of the Native American princess Pocahontas and her life between two cultures, beautifully told by Fritz's sure hand.
*Fritz, Jean. George Washington's Mother. (Putnam, 1992 ISBN 0-448-40385-4) 48 pages. Grades 2+.
All right, so she wasn't one of the movers and shakers of history; her son surely was and this brief, very accessible biography gives us a glimpse of the times and the sharp-tongued mother of the father of the country.
*Fritz, Jean. Who's That Stepping on Plymouth Rock? (Putnam, 1975 ISBN 0-698-20325-9.) 48 pages. Grades 2.
Plymouth, Massachusetts. 1620.
The rock is surely a famous one but Fritz manages to debunk many of the "truths'" that have surrounded it as she follows its history to the present day.
**Fritz, Jean. Will You Sign Here, John Hancock? (Coward, 1982. ISBN 0-698-20308-9.) Grades 3+.
Massachusetts, 1737-1793.
An accessible biography of the famous signer of the Declaration of Independence.
***Hakim, Joy. The First Americans (Oxford, 1992 ISBN 0 19 507746 6)
Making Thirteen Colonies (Oxford, 1992 ISBN 0-19-507748-2)
From Colonies to Country (Oxford, 1993 ISBN 0-19-507750-4) Grades 3+.
Hakim has brought a fresh voice to U. S. History for young readers. These three volumes of her History of U. S. series cover the time period under discussion. Her style is breezy. Her facts accurate and the sidebars and captions make the books as good for browsing as they are for careful reading. Most of latter, probably, will be done by teachers seeking background information.
*Hooks, William H. The Legend of the White Doe. (Simon and Schuster, 1988 ISBN 0-02-744350-7.) 44 pages. Grades 4+.
First Hooks gives us the facts, although precious are known, about the first English child born in America. He then goes on to recount the legend of her transformation into a white doe who, even today, can sometimes be glimpsed in the Great Dismal Swamp.
***Marrin, Albert. The Struggle for a Continent: The French and Indian Wars 1690-1760. (Atheneum , 1987 ISBN 0-689-31313-6) 218 pages. Grades 6+. Challenging reading.
Marrin's detailed, historical account may be more than some young readers want to tackle, but Marrin has a way of using details to paint broader pictures and the information here is invaluable to any teacher leading a study of this time period.
*Quackenbush, Robert. Old Silver Leg Takes Over: A Story of Peter Stuyvesant. (Prentice-Hall, 1986 ISBN 0-13-633934-4.) 35 pages. Grades 1+.
New York, 1640's.
Quackenbush's typically irreverent eye is turned to the governor of New Amsterdam when he took over in 1647. The city's filth and slovenly behavior appalled him and he set about cleaning it up.
*Roop, Connie & Peter. Pilgrim Voices: Our First Year in the New World. (Walker, 1995 ISBN 0 8027 8314 7.) Grades 3+.
Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
Using selections from William Bradford's "Of Plymouth Plantation" and "Mourt's Relation", the Roops trace the history of the Pilgrims from their departure from Holland until the arrival of the second ship, The Fortune, in 1621.
*San Souci, Robert. N. C. Wyeth's Pilgrims. (Chronicle, 1991 ISBN 0-87701-806-5.) 40 pages. Gr. 3+.
The illustrations come from a mural painted by N. C. Wyeth for the New York Metropolitan Life Building in 1940. The text is San Souci's and he uses it to expand and narrate the paintings.
*Sherrow, Victoria. Huskings, Quiltings and Barn Raisings: Work-Play Parties in Early America. (Walker, 1992 ISBN 0 8027 8188 8.) Grade 3+.
The work was undeniable hard but could be made lighter with many hands and so work became a large part of the social life of the early settlers. Sherrow recounts the joy as well as the labor.
*St. George, Judith. Mason and Dixon's Line of Fire. (Putnam, 1991 ISBN 0-399-22240-5) 128 pages. Gr. 4+.
We think of this line in connection with the Civil War, but the story of how it came to be brings the conflict between settlers and Native Americans into sharp contrast.
***Zeinert, Karen. Salem Witch Trials. (Franklin Watts, 1989. ISBN 0-531-10673-95.) Grades 4+.
Salem, Massachusetts, 1692.
This book explores the causes of the witch hunt hysteria in ways that help us make sense of what would otherwise seem ridiculous. Highly recommended for children and adults.
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