“I found the rhythm in my hand.” Ashley Bryan, after drawing musicians in Paris and listening to their music.
Among Ashley’s awards are the Coretta Scott King–Virginia Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Award, Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal, and the New York Public Library’s Literary Lions award. Throughout the United States and Africa, libraries, children’s rooms, and literary festivals are named for him. As much as Ashley is humbled by these honors, it is the joy of creation, the excitement he sees in children’s eyes that delights him most.
* Caitlyn Dlouhy’s words are taken from her article, “Ashley Bryan” in The Horn Book Magazine.
Today's lesson: Annotating a mentor text.
Homework: Read some of the short stories and decide on one to use for your literary essay. You will explore this over the weekend, annotating, like we did with "Raymond's Run", marking the following:
Collect Evidence
1. Character quotes - with notes in the margins as to what it shows or demonstrates.
2. Details that are key for the meaning of the story - Why this detail? Write why you think it is included in the margins.
Among Ashley’s awards are the Coretta Scott King–Virginia Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Award, Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal, and the New York Public Library’s Literary Lions award. Throughout the United States and Africa, libraries, children’s rooms, and literary festivals are named for him. As much as Ashley is humbled by these honors, it is the joy of creation, the excitement he sees in children’s eyes that delights him most.
* Caitlyn Dlouhy’s words are taken from her article, “Ashley Bryan” in The Horn Book Magazine.
Today's lesson: Annotating a mentor text.
Homework: Read some of the short stories and decide on one to use for your literary essay. You will explore this over the weekend, annotating, like we did with "Raymond's Run", marking the following:
Collect Evidence
1. Character quotes - with notes in the margins as to what it shows or demonstrates.
2. Details that are key for the meaning of the story - Why this detail? Write why you think it is included in the margins.