BOOK ENTRY FORMAT FOR GENRE PROJECT
Information for students
Author: Bruce W. Conord Title: Bill Cosby-Family Man
Book Genre: Biography Publishing Info: Chelsea House Publishers, 78 pp.
Summary: A biography of the popular entertainer, discussing his childhood, television shows, and continued success.
Personal rating: ****
Rationale: good display of information and pictures, interesting biography and the things he’s been through
Information for teachers
Reading level: 4.8 Interest level: 4th-6th
Thematic Areas: Struggle, family, friendship, love, responsibility, determination, success, failures and encouragement
Content Areas: history, social studies, language arts
Potential Problems or Difficulties: N/A
Possible use in classroom: use book when studying African Americans. Divide the students into groups of three or four and divide the chapters and have them summarize to the class what they were about. Have a discussion on his success and failures and how difficult it was for black Americans back then to succeed in television and such.
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