Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Mod 5 Two Bad Ants



Book Blog Module : 5
Module Descriptor and Page #: Point of View Pg. 208-209
Two Bad Ants
A.    Author
Chris Van Allsburg
B.     Title
Two Bad Ants
C.     Illustrator
Chris Van Allsburg
D.    Readability Score
3.9
E.     Genre
Fantasy
F.      Subgenre
Fiction
G.    Theme
Adventure
H.    Primary and Secondary Characters
Two Ants
I.       Awards/Date of Publication
§  1988
§  Awards Won
§  Georgia Children’s Picture Story Book Award
§  Maryland Children’s Book Award
§  Washington Children’s Choice Picture Book
J.       Publishing Company
Houghton Mifflin Company
K.    ISBN Number
 978-0-395-48668-9
L.     Summary
Two ants decide to leave their safety grounds to explore the crystals and caves that they believe is great treasure.  In actuality these treasures have everything to do with human characteristics. 
M.   Picture of Book Cover
N.    Usage with students
Students can write about the two bad ants and their point of view of how they travel in the human world.  This story is a great piece to use when practice or demonstrating figurative language to the students.
Students can compare and contrast the points of view from human to ants,

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