Book #13

November 23, 2009 at 1:43 am | Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Three Wishes

Written by: Lucille Clifton Illustrated by: Michael Hays

Grade Level: 2nd-3rd

ISBN: 0-385-30497-8

Three Wishes is written about a little girl and boy, Victor and Lena. On New Year’s Day Lena finds a lucky penny that she can make three wishes with because it has the year she was born on it. When her wishes come true she begins to see what is really important in life.

This book could be used in a lesson about language because this book is not written in Standard American English. You could discuss how we all speak English but different people it speak English differently. It would also be helpful to take about the time Standard American English must be used.

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I like the lesson you have incorporated with this book!

Comment by richardsonkl— December 1, 2009 #

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This seems like a good book to use when talking about English language learners or about wishes and even though it is okay to make wishes it is always important to see that there are sometimes different outcomes than what we wished for and that is okay.

Comment by childresskl— December 1, 2009 #

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