Teachable Texts

131. Apple Country by Denise Willi

November 11, 2009 at 5:35 pm Leave a comment

Retell: A look into the history of apple-growing in the United States.

Topics: apples, orchards, colonists, Johnny Appleseed, farmers, packing plants, processing plants

Units of Study: Nonfiction, Content-Area, Journalism

Reading Skills: determining importance, synthesis, monitoring for sense

My Thoughts: This is a great book for teaching students how to effectively read and synthesize text features.  There are many text features within the book:  a flowchart, an interview, a table, a map, illustrations with captions, etc.  It’s a particularly nice read aloud for New York 4th graders because it ties in natural resources of New York State and Colonial history.

Entry filed under: Female Authors, nonfiction. Tags: apples, colonists, content-area, determining importance, farmers, Johnny Appleseed, journalism, monitoring for sense, nonfiction, orchards, packing plants, processing plants, synthesis.