The book I chose is, The Fascinating World of... Wolves by Maria Angels Julivert.
This book explains the life of wolves and what they do in their daily life. It includes profile of a hunter, carnivorous food sources, a great predator, life with a pack, territories of the wolf, communication and language, finding den, loving parents, world-wide habitats, American subspecies, Europe and Asia, and Humans. Here are some examples, adult wolf eats between two and four kilograms (4 1/2 and 9 pounds) of meat per day. The animals they eat will be reindeer, hare, beaver, or boar. Wolf is a social animal as it lives in groups that are sometimes as large as 40 or as small as 3 or 4. It all depends on type of hunting available and the leader of the group tend to be strongest or alpha male. Wolves express their feelings and emotions such as anxiety, aggressiveness, facial expressions, and body movements. When wolves yelp which means a short type of wail with low voice expressing their dissatisfaction with something they want but cannot get. Towards end of winter the pair of mother and father wolf separate temporarily with rest of pack. The female will search for peaceful place to take care of cubs such as cave, crevice, a hollow trunk or burrow. Largest wolf populations are found in Alaska, Canada, and Russia; they also can be found in steppes, deserts, or harsh tundra.
The genre of The Fascinating World of... Wolves will be nonfiction. This book sure fits into the genre of nonfiction well with many different informations and facts about wolves. It is something children would enjoy to read and understand the life of wolves as well in different places around the world. There also are many good pictures inside the book which is easier for us to imagine what it looks like.
I feel this book do not apply to any form of social justice issues but more of informative book about specific animal. What class activities I would use to apply with this book would be more of hands on activities. Such as making wolf mask, giving out worksheets about wolves and to see if they remember what they just learned, or giving out short play about wolves and could be one part they liked from the book.
This book explains the life of wolves and what they do in their daily life. It includes profile of a hunter, carnivorous food sources, a great predator, life with a pack, territories of the wolf, communication and language, finding den, loving parents, world-wide habitats, American subspecies, Europe and Asia, and Humans. Here are some examples, adult wolf eats between two and four kilograms (4 1/2 and 9 pounds) of meat per day. The animals they eat will be reindeer, hare, beaver, or boar. Wolf is a social animal as it lives in groups that are sometimes as large as 40 or as small as 3 or 4. It all depends on type of hunting available and the leader of the group tend to be strongest or alpha male. Wolves express their feelings and emotions such as anxiety, aggressiveness, facial expressions, and body movements. When wolves yelp which means a short type of wail with low voice expressing their dissatisfaction with something they want but cannot get. Towards end of winter the pair of mother and father wolf separate temporarily with rest of pack. The female will search for peaceful place to take care of cubs such as cave, crevice, a hollow trunk or burrow. Largest wolf populations are found in Alaska, Canada, and Russia; they also can be found in steppes, deserts, or harsh tundra.
The genre of The Fascinating World of... Wolves will be nonfiction. This book sure fits into the genre of nonfiction well with many different informations and facts about wolves. It is something children would enjoy to read and understand the life of wolves as well in different places around the world. There also are many good pictures inside the book which is easier for us to imagine what it looks like.
I feel this book do not apply to any form of social justice issues but more of informative book about specific animal. What class activities I would use to apply with this book would be more of hands on activities. Such as making wolf mask, giving out worksheets about wolves and to see if they remember what they just learned, or giving out short play about wolves and could be one part they liked from the book.
This book certainly fit into the nonfiction genre, because it includes facts and informations on the details of wolves. Since you mentioned that you felt this book didn't apply to any form of social justice issues. Maybe this book actually apply to social justice since it included wolves' living habit and one of elements mentioned about respecting. This book would help readers to learn and respect everyone's living habit, no matter how different they are and we still need to respect them no matter what,
ReplyDeleteI really liked your ideas of activities with this book. It definitely fits into the nonfiction category. I agree with Eric, having respect for the species and raising awareness as well can fit into the elements of social justice.
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