Read Alouds and Resources for Voice
Second Grade
The Pain and the Great One – Judy Blume
On the Day You Were Born – Debra Frasier
Tight Times –Barbara Hazen
I am the Ocean – Suzanna Marshak
The Keeping Quilt – Patricia Polacco
Books by Cynthia Rylant, especially The Relatives Came, The Soda Jerk, When I Was Young in the Mountains , In November
Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport – Marjorie Sharmat
Stevie and My Special Best Words – John Steptoe
Books with Unforgettable Language
Books by Byrd Baylor, especially I’m in Charge of Celebrations, Guess Who My Favorite Person Is
Fireflies – Julie Brinckloe
The Great Kapok Tree – Lynne Cherry
Books by William Steig, especially Brave Irene, Amos and Boris
Owl Moon –Jane Yolen
Twilight Comes Twice – Ralph Fletcher
Working Cotton – Sherley Anne Williams
My Mama Had a Dancing Heart – Libba Moore Gray
Momma, Where Do You Come From? – Marie Bradby
Miz Berlin Walks – Jane Yolen
All the Places to Love – Patricia MacLaughlen
Honey, I Love – Eloise Greenfield
Author – Helen Lester
Bat Boy and His Violin – Gavin Curtis
Boundless Grace – Mary Hoffman
Busybody Nora – Johanna Hurwitz
Cloud Dance, Water Dance, Mountain Dance – Thomas Locker
“Could Be Worse” – James Stevenson
Hooway for Wodney Wat – Helen Lester
Louella Mae, She’s Run Away – Karen Alarcon
Munschworks –Robert Munsch
The Other Side - J. Woodsen
Smokey Night – Eve Bunting
Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon – Patty Lovell
Trevor’s Wiggly-Wobbly Tooth – Laminak
True Story of the Three Little Pigs – Scieszka
When I was Little – Jamie Lee Curtis
Where the River Begins - Thomas Locker
Yours Truly, Goldilocks – Alama Flora Ada
Voices in the Park – Browne
Gleam and Glow – Eve Bunting
Wolf – Becky Bloom
Diary of the Worm series – Doreen Cronin
Edward and the Pirates – David McPhail
Yesterday I Had the Blues – Frame
Come On Rain – Hesse
Lessons:
Using Picture Books to Teach Writing With the Traits: Chapter 3 pp 41-52
Craft Lessons – Ralph Fletcher – pg. 33 Use Your Voice when You Write; Writing Through a Mask pp48; Writing With Voice pp 64; Finding voice in the World Around Us (NEW) pp 63.
Non fiction Craft Lessons – Ralph Fletcher – Exploratory: Listening to Your Voice pp 27; Jazzing up Your Title pp 53; Putting Voice into Nonfiction Writing pp 65; Repeating a Key Line pp 44; Using Repetition for Emphasis pp 67; Using Strong Verbs pp 72; Writing Through a Mask pp 37; Writing with Voice pp 47.
Mentor Texts (fiction) – chapter 8
Nonfiction Mentor Texts - chapter 7