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(Approx. Level P, Lexile 670)

• Author’s website
• Watch this video to Learn about the author
• Watch this video to Activate your schema

o Then create a word wall help set the tone and start thinking about vocabulary. (see the R Drive for original files - available only on KISD Campus)

• Listen to the author read an excerpt
• Sneak a peek inside
• Before you read, generate questions or make predictions. (see the R Drive for original files - available only on KISD Campus)
• Complete reading guide with links to great resources
• Detailed activity guide
• Discussion questions
• Sample student responses
• Connect to a poem

o See this character poem written as a student response

o See this poem written by Hans Christian Andersen. Do you see the opposites written in this poem?

• World War II historical time – from History Place.com (nonfiction connection)
• Children of WWII – from BBC (nonfiction connection)

• Visit the Research Room to see Photos & Posters or Letters & Documents
• Play the Rationing Challenge to learn about wartime food shortages
• Read Evacuees’ Letters to get a glimpse into the time period
• Create a movie poster for the book like this one (see the R Drive for original files - available only on KISD Campus)
• Connect with Annemarie & Kirsti in Chapter 2…listen to Hans Christian Andersen’s A Little Mermaid
• Annemarie’s father tells her of King Christian of Denmark.
• In Chapter 3, Annemarie describes Samuel Hirsh’s bicycle with the wooden wheels. Compare your mental picture with this article.

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updated 03/19/2007