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nancy@nancykeane.com
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Bang,
Molly.
WHEN
SOPHIE GETS ANGRY -- REALLY, REALLY
ANGRY
New
York: The Blue Sky Press, 1999
IL
K-3 RL 2.6
ISBN
0590189794
(4 booktalks)
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- Booktalk
#1
There
have been times I've been so angry I
wanted to scream and cry and lash out
at the people I'm around and
love. But sometimes the best
thing for me to do is to go to a quiet
place. That is exactly what
Sophie does when she gets mad at her
sister and doesn't want to share and
then she trips over a toy. Her special
place is high up in a birch tree that
overlooks the ocean. If you have
trouble with anger and having a bad
temper you will want to read about
Sophie and how she handles her strong
feelings. Will she be able to
calm herself? Will she and her
family work things out? Read this
book and I promise Sophie will not let
you down. (Karen Womack, graduate
student, <kwomack7@yahoo.com>
)
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- Booktalk #2
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If
I were doing a booktalk to students in
kindergarten, I would pretend I was
really angry with someone. I
would start off something
like:
I'm
really angry today. I was reading
a book, and my sister took it away from
me before I finished. She said it
was her turn to read the book. So
I'm really, really angry. What do
you think I should do? Have any
of you ever gotten really angry?
What do you do when you get really
angry? In When Sophie Gets
Angry-Really Really Angry, Molly is a
little girl who gets angry with her
sister for taking away her toy
gorilla. she gets so angry that
she runs outside. She runs and
runs until she gets tired. Then
she climbs a tree. What do you
think is going to happen to
Molly? Do you think she'll stay
up there forever? Will she ever
talk to her sister again? Read
this book and find out what
happens to Molly. (Gloria Sanchez
gloriavs@aol.com)
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- Booktalk
#3
I
would ask children how they show
different emotions, such as happiness,
angry, sadness, love. I
would get certain participants to tell
me how they deal with a certain kind of
emotion. Afterwards, I would ask
for a show of hands of those who have
siblings that have irritated them and
what caused them to fight. After
this discussion, I would introduce this
book and ask children what emotion
Sophie shows on the cover and why they
chose that particular one. Then I
would give a brief summary over the
book. ("Naomi Bates"
<mira93@yahoo.com>)
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- Booktalk
#4
Sophie
is not ready to share a toy with her
sister, and a simple argument turns
into a gigantic temper tantrum, as she
gets REALLY, REALLY ANGRY. The strongly
drawn, brightly colored pictures show
us her feelings, as she runs and cries
until she is exhausted. How can she
find peace and comfort with herself and
her family? The sharp bright
colors in this book could tell the
story all by themselves. See if you can
follow what is happening by just
looking at the pictures alone. The
author won the Caldecott Honor Medal
for these dramatic pictures.
(Jeannie Bellavance bellavance@erols.com
for Pennsylvania
Young Reader's Choice
Awards)
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SUBJECTS:
Anger --
Fiction.
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