Una Belle Townsend
Auteur de Grady's in the Silo
Œuvres de Una Belle Townsend
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Yukon, Oklahoma, USA
- Études
- ETBU, SFASU, SWOSU
- Professions
- Elementary school teacher
- Prix et distinctions
- Oklahoma Center for the Book Award
Children's Choice Award
Oklahoma Writer's Foundation Inc, Best Juvenile Book Award - Courte biographie
- Una Belle Townsend is a retired teacher/librarian. She has 8 published books for children. She graduated from East Texas Baptist College and acquired her Master's Degree in Elementary Education at Stephen F. Austin State University. She has received many local honors for her short stories, photography, and poetry. She has lived in Yukon, OK for over 40 years.
Membres
Critiques
Prix et récompenses
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 10
- Membres
- 54
- Popularité
- #299,230
- Évaluation
- 4.1
- Critiques
- 4
- ISBN
- 18
In Oklahoma there was a Land Run in 1889. There is a family that wanted to compete for this land but the father, unfortunately becomes hurt and cannot compete. The boy in the family begs his father to let him compete in the horse race. After much convincing, the father allows his son to compete with all the other men. The race for land was a very difficult.
Personal Reflection:
This book does a great job of explaining what the Land Run of 1889 in Oklahoma consisted of. It also shows how rough such a run was for its participants. The author does a very good joy of use in her vocabulary in drawing the picture for the reader.
Extension Ideas:
1. After reading this story to the students it would be fun for them to have their own kind of race.
2. Once the class has competed outside in a race have the students explain a little about their experience. Intertwine here how the students experience and those who were on the Land Run could be similar.… (plus d'informations)