In the Land of Milk and Honey by Joyce Carol Thomas
Publisher: Harper Collins
Date: September 18, 2012
Recommended Grades: 3-5
This is the true story of author Joyce Carol Thomas’s trip from Oklahoma to California in 1948, as a young girl. Her journey is filled with excitement, hope, and promise.
Lesson Idea:
Mentor Text, Word Choice/Sensory Details: Read aloud In the Land of Milk and Honey and discuss the language choices the author makes. Beyond the bay, mountains topped with ice cream snow. . ., the author uses lyrical language, similes and metaphors, and sensory details to describe a trip from flat lands, through desert and onward to the ocean. Chart the language choices the author makes as part of a word choice anchor chart for students to borrow from when they are writing in writer’s workshop.
Disclosure: I received a copy of this book for review by the publisher.
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