Working Cotton
is a historical fiction picture book.
The narrator is the main character and she is telling about what she
does in the cotton field during the day.
It was written in bad English to represent to make it feel like you were
there in that time period. The whole
family gets there before light, they build a fire to warm up, they sing while
they pick the cotton, eat lunch, work some more, and then leave.
It is like she had a journal but they wrote a book
on the whole days entry. After reading
this book to the class I would have students carry around their writer’s
notebook and make notes of what they do throughout the day. Then the next day I would have students write
the details down like a journal entry.
After that they could illustrate a picture to go with the entry.
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ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading your blog about this historical fiction picture book. I looked through this book in class, and thought it was very interesting. This would be a great book to use for a Social studies lesson on migration and working in the cotton fields. I like that the author used bad English so readers feel like they are a part of that time period. I love your idea of having students write in their writer's notebooks, and then creating journal entries from their notes. I think students would learn a lot from this book!
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