Eve Bunting

 

 Author Links

• http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/readers_guides/bunting/

• Scholastic Website Bio ~ http://books.scholastic.com/teachers/authorsandbooks/authorstudies/authorhome.jsp?authorID=202&collateralID=5115&displayName=Biography

• Houghton Mifflin Teacher’s Guide for a Few books ~  http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/readers_guides/bunting/index.shtml

• Eve Bunting elicits complex thinking in most of her books.

• Interview ~ http://www.bookpage.com/9705bp/childrens/evebunting.html

 

Extension Ideas

 

 

THE FLOWER GARDEN

• Write about a memorable gift you’ve prepared for someone special. 

• Have students write about taking care of a garden.  What care is necessary in building and maintaining a garden?

• Write about surprises.  Have you ever been to a surprise party or had one thrown for you? Have you ever helped plan a surprise party? What's the best surprise you ever gave someone? What's the best surprise you've ever received?

• Writing prompt:  Do flowers make a good gift?  Why or why not?

• Teacher’s Guide by Harcourt Books ~ http://www.harcourtbooks.com/bookcatalogs/bookpage.asp?isbn=0152287760&option=teacher

 FLY AWAY HOME

• Write about ways to help the homeless.  Collect new pairs of socks for homeless shelters.

• Good for teaching Theme and Voice. 

• Carol Hurst’s website ~ http://www.carolhurst.com/titles/flyawayhome.html

• Lesson Plan on homelessness ~ http://www.learningtogive.org/lessons/unit119/lesson3.html

• Teacher’s Guide and curricular links from Reading Rainbow ~ http://gpn.unl.edu/rainbow/video_product_template.asp?catalog%5Fname=GPN&category%5Fname=Reading+Rainbow&product%5Fid=126%2E0116V

• How brave are you?  Brave enough for paper airplanes? ~ http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/paper.htm

• Discuss or write about large airports and what makes them a possible living space for homeless persons?  What are other places that homeless people could live in.

• Organize a food drive for the local food bank.

• Compare/Contrast the airport as a home verses a real home.

• Discuss how every home is different and special because of the family who lives inside.  Write about what makes your home special.

 THE WALL

• Teacher’s Guide and curricular links from Reading Rainbow ~ http://gpn.unl.edu/rainbow/video_product_template.asp?catalog%5Fname=GPN&category%5Fname=Reading+Rainbow&product%5Fid=126%2E0082V

• Discuss with students why countries go to war.  Then talk about what cause problems among students and what they can do to get along and solve their own differences.

• Discuss Memorial Day in May and Veteran’s Day in November.  Why is it important to honor  the men and women who have served hour country in wars.

• Discuss or write about why people leave gifts, pictures, and letters at the wall.

• Locate Vietnam on a map, identify the continent and make a quick map review/study.

• Brainstorm lists of famous monuments, memorials, or historical sites and discuss the significance of each one.  Maybe tie it in to a local monument or memorial. 

 DANDELIONS

• Carol Hurst’s website ~ http://www.carolhurst.com/titles/dandelions.html  

• More Ideas from Ohio Learning Resource Center ~ http://mercury.educ.kent.edu/database/eureka/detail_book.cfm?BooksID=382

 A DAY’S WORK

• 4^th Grade Lesson adaptable for 2^nd ~ http://www.kckps.org/readalouds/days_work.html  

• Before Reading Activity from Houghton Mifflin ~ http://www.eduplace.com/ss/hmss/4/lam/dayswork.html 

• Read Aloud Lesson Plan from kckps.org ~ http://www.kckps.org/readalouds/days_work.html 

• Teaching Ideas from Ohio Learning Resource Center ~ http://mercury.educ.kent.edu/database/eureka/detail_book.cfm?BooksID=38 

 JIN WOO

• Good for connections:  sibling rivalry, adoption, mixed families, current events: Brangolina :-)

• Lesson Plan ~ http://www.soentpiet.com/woo1#woo1

 SUNFLOWER HOUSE

• Lesson Plan ~ http://www.kckps.org/readalouds/sunflower_house.html

 BUTTERFLY HOUSE

• Write about activities that you do with your grandparents.  How is it special?

• Write to tell the life cycle of a butterfly.  

• Lesson Ideas from Ohio Literacy Resource Center ~ http://mercury.educ.kent.edu/database/eureka/detail_book.cfm?BooksID=496

• Use as an introduction to a Science lesson on Butterflies or life cycles.

• The Butterfly Website ~ http://butterflywebsite.com/

 HOW MANY DAYS TO AMERICA

• Find out where their parents, grandparents, ancestors came from.

 SMOKEY NIGHTS

• Connect with a class in an urban setting.  Epals http://www.epals.com/ 

• Guided Reading Lesson ~ http://tiger.towson.edu/users/jburkh2/smokyactivity.html

• Write about a time you were frightened.

• RIF activity ~ http://www.rif.org/parents/activities/activity.mspx?View=244

 

WEDNESDAY SURPRISE

• What problems would someone have it they couldn’t read?

 TRAIN TO SOMEWHERE

• www.orphantrainriders.com

 

Books by Eve Bunting