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Flora and Ulysses

Written by Kate DiCamillo

Flora andUlyssesWritten by Kate DiCamillo
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Bibliographic Information

DiCamillo, Kate, and K. G. Campbell. Flora and Ulysses. Somerville, MA, Candlewick Press, 2013.

Lexile Level: 520

ISBN: 978-0763687649

Awards: Newbery Medal Winner

Age: 8-12 yrs.

Tags: Fantasy, Graphic Novel, Divorce, Cynic

Possible Activity (4-5 grades)

Standard:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.7
Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem).

Objective: Using Powtoon.com, the students will create their own comic book superhero.

Goal: Students will be able to see how words and pictures work together

Outcome: Students will be have an opportunity to practice using the comic creating tool

Procedure: After the class is finished with reading Flora and Ulysses, the children will register or log in to Powtoon.com. The teacher will circle around and give suggestions when needed. The final phase will be student presentations.

Holy Bagumba! Things are going to change around here. We will be vanquishing villains left and right.

It's about loving life and donuts

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"Cheese Puffs. Poetry. Giant donuts. Shoot! He was going to leave the world without ever having tried a giant donut."

Works Cited

DiCamillo, Kate, and K. G. Campbell. Flora and Ulysses. Somerville, MA, Candlewick Press, 2013.

Candlewick Press. http://www.candlewick.com/book_files/076366040X.btg.1.pdf

Bookish Illuminations. https://bookish-illuminations.com/2014/02/25/loving-life-giant-donuts-review-flora-and-ulysses-the-illuminated-adventures-2013-by-kate-dicamillo/

Created by Lyudmila Stadnik

IST 571

Literature for Children

Book Share #2

Flora and Ulysses

9/16/2017