Books To Use For Synthesizing
When presented with new information, readers will incorporate it into what they already know and understand. Synthesizing thoughts may include:
- I think the story is about...
- At first I thought this was going to be about...
- This was different than I thought it would be....
Jumanji by Call Number: PZ7.V266 Ju 1981ISBN: 0395304482Publication Date: 1981-04-27The game under the tree looked like a hundred others Peters and Judy had at home. But they were bored and restless and, looking for something interesting to do, thought they'd give Jumanji a try. Little did they know when they unfolded its ordinary-looking playing board that they were about to be plunged into the most exciting and bizare adventure of their lives.
Smoky Night by Call Number: PZ7.B91527 Sl 1994ISBN: 0152699546Publication Date: 1994-03-31In a night of rioting, Daniel and his mother are forced to leave their apartment for the safety of a shelter.
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Call Number: PZ8.S3134 St 1992ISBN: 067084487XPublication Date: 1992-10-01The entire book, with its unconventional page arrangement and eclectic, frenetic mix of text and picures, is a spoof on the art of book design and the art of the fairy tale.
Tar Beach by Call Number: PZ7.R4726 Tar 1991ISBN: 0517580306Publication Date: 1991-01-16"Ringgold recounts the dream adventure of eight-year-old Cassie Louise Lightfoot, who flies above her apartment-building rooftop, the 'tar beach' of the title, looking down on 1939 Harlem. Part autobiographical, part fictional, this allegorical tale sparkles with symbolic and historical references central to African-American culture.
