The Hundred
Dresses
By: Eleanor Estes
Module Descriptor and Page #: Theme Pg. 256
A.
Author
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Eleanor
Estes
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B.
Title
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The
Hundred Dresses
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C.
Illustrator
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Louis
Slobodkin
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D.
Readability Score
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Grade
3-5
Lexile
Score 890L
GLE
5.0
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E.
Genre
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Fiction
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F.
Subgenre
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Friendship
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G.
Theme
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Bullying,
Immigration, forgiveness
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H.
Primary and Secondary Characters
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Wanda
Petronski, Maddie, Peg, the Teacher, Mr. Petronski, other students
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I.
Awards/Date of Publication
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Originally
Published in 1944
Republished
in 2004
Awards
Newberry
Honor Book
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J.
Publishing Company
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Harcourt,
Inc
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K.
ISBN Number
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9780152052607
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L.
Summary
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Wanda Petronski is a Polish girl that goes to a school with kids who
make fun of her. She lives in a poor
section of town, she has a funny-sounding last name, and she wears the same
light blue dress to school every day. A girl named Maddie taunted Wanda every
day. Wanda desperately wanted to
belong so she told the kids that she had a hundred dresses at home. The kids turned this into the dress game
because every time Wanda was asked how many dresses she had she told them a
hundred.
The teacher had students turn in drawings for an art contest and Wanda turned in a hundred drawings of dresses. Her drawings were the best and she won first prize, but not before her dad moved his family to the big city. He sent a note to school to tell the teacher that he had moved his family to the big city where Wanda would not be made fun of anymore. Maddie and Peg search to find Wanda because they felt badly about they had done. Will they find Wanda? Will Wanda forgive them for their terrible behavior? This was a good book about treating others with respect. |
M.
Picture of Book Cover
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N.
Usage with students
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Character
Focus
·
Students
will describe characters from the story using character traits.
·
Compare
and contrast two main characters from the story.
·
Students
will apply their knowledge, understanding, and analysis of characters to
determine how they would react in a situation.
·
Create paper dolls and make paper dresses.
·
Draw a dress to be entered into a contest and
create a journal entry about your feelings.
·
Research your country of origin and
present/discuss it.
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