My Name Is Not Isabella

           By Jennifer Fosberry 

Illustrated by Mike Litwin

 

 

Summary

Ambitious Isabella wakes up one morning and proclaims that she is no longer Isabella, but instead she becomes various heroines throughout her day, changing her mind and her career numerous times and touching on the biographies of several famous ladies with varying careers.

 

 

 

Activities

 

1.   Language Arts

 

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Word Association – Subject/Verb (Notice that each character that Isabella emulates has a word associated with her “job/personality” in the same font as the character’s name.)  The word is not always a verb, but students could brainstorm for a verb that can be used in conjunction with the subject.  List other subject/verb associations. Example: ball/bounces, teacher/teaches, florist/arranges, librarian/reads

http://www.com/LACINounsAndVerbsUsingSmartBoardK2.htm

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LAGoldilocks5WsH13.htm

Create a graphic organizer to allow students to organize jobs into categories.  Example:  Does this person work outside or in a building.  Is it mainly a boy job or girl job?  Do you need to be trained in school or on the job?  Wear a suit to work or casual wear? Fun/no fun? Day or night? Kid job or adult job? (Landscaping, babysitting, lemonade/snow cone stand, chores)

Good way to introduce biographies to students.  Explain what biographies are and where to find them in the library.  Have a variety of biographies for the student to choose from to learn more about these famous women or other famous men and women.

 

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2.   Math

 

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3.   Science

 

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4.   Social Studies

 

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Research on the computer or brainstorm other famous people or jobs that the students would aspire to have in the future.

Who are five famous men and what are their jobs or why are they famous?

Research what kind of job students would like to have.  They could start with the name of someone they want to be like or they could start with a career and find someone famous who already has that same career. Biographies can be found in the back of the book for each of the women as well as a definition of their job.

 

Community helpers:  Do you have to be famous to be important?  What kinds of jobs are important, but may not bring fame and fortune?

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Internet Resources

 

      Illustrator’s Website    http://www.mikelitwin.com/illustration