My Brother Sam Is Dead is a historical fiction book written by James Lincoln Collier & Christopher Collier. The book contains 216 pages. The book is a Newbery Award Honor book.
"Recounts the tragedy that strikes the Meeker family during the Revolution when one son joins the rebel forces. The rest of the family tries to stay neutral in a Tory town."
(--Follett Library Resources: http://flr.follett.com)
Students will write their own story about war times and comprehend the book.
Lesson Connection : GPS: ELA5R1 The student demonstrates comprehension and shows evidence of a warranted and responsible explanation of a variety of literary and informational texts. Critical Component: For literary texts, the student identifies the characteristics of various genres and produces evidence of a reading that:a. Identifies and analyzes the elements of setting, characterization, and conflict in plot.b. Identifies and analyzes the structural elements particular to dramatic literature (e.g., scenes, acts, cast of characters, stage directions) in the plays read, viewed, written, and performed.d. Relates a literary work to information about its setting (historically or culturally).Collier, James and Christopher. (1974). My Brother Sam Is Dead. New York: Four Winds Press.
"Recounts the tragedy that strikes the Meeker family during the Revolution when one son joins the rebel forces. The rest of the family tries to stay neutral in a Tory town."
(--Follett Library Resources: http://flr.follett.com)
Publisher: Scholastic, 2005, c1974.
This is a great children’s book because they can relate real events that occurred in history to events that occur in the book. Children will love the story and they will love the suspense of waiting to see what happens to Sam’s brother.Students will write their own story about war times and comprehend the book.
Lesson Connection : GPS: ELA5R1 The student demonstrates comprehension and shows evidence of a warranted and responsible explanation of a variety of literary and informational texts. Critical Component: For literary texts, the student identifies the characteristics of various genres and produces evidence of a reading that:a. Identifies and analyzes the elements of setting, characterization, and conflict in plot.b. Identifies and analyzes the structural elements particular to dramatic literature (e.g., scenes, acts, cast of characters, stage directions) in the plays read, viewed, written, and performed.d. Relates a literary work to information about its setting (historically or culturally).Collier, James and Christopher. (1974). My Brother Sam Is Dead. New York: Four Winds Press.
| Lexile Number: 770 |
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