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What Is the Legislative Branch? (Your Guide to Government) by Bow, James (February 28, 2013) Paperback
The legislative branch of the United States government represents the people and makes the laws which they live by. This book introduces readers to the House of Representatives and Senate, and the main players in both. Whips, committees, and filibusters are also discussed. A comparison to other legislative bodies in state and local governments, as well as in other countries, is also included.
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First published February 15, 2013
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James Bow
93 books53 followersI was born in downtown Toronto on April 19, 1972 and lived there until my folks moved up to Kitchener in 1991 so I could attend the University of Waterloo. I’ve lived in Kitchener ever since. I’ve been trained as an urban planner, and I’ve worked as a database manager, web designer, circulation manager, administrative assistant, layout designer and office manager. The one consistent thing about my varied academic and professional career has been a love of writing.
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June 26, 2015"Twin Text" (title, author, copyright date):
Cappy Tail's Capitol Tales by Peter W. Barnes and Cheryl Shaw Barnes, 2010
"Twin Text" Rationale & Extension/Enhancement of Non-Fiction Book:
Cappy Tail lives in the U.S. capitol and gives the reader a tour of the different rooms and treasures held in the capitol. I chose this text because my non-fiction text gives information on what the legislative branch does, while the fiction text shows some of the neat aspects of the capitol building.
Text Structure of Non-Fiction Book:
Description and main idea and details because the author writes about different aspects of the legislative branch like the House of Representatives, Senate, Speaker of the House, debating and voting, President's veto, etc.
Strategy Application for Making Connections between Texts:
For my second graders, I would probably use a directed listening-thinking activity because the content of the non-fiction text is pretty thick and heavy. I would not want to talk about certain aspects of the legislative branch like whips, so I would only tab specific spreads. Since the fiction and nonfiction texts focus on very different aspects of the legislative branch, I would give students a focus for the section, have them listen to the text, think about how to respond to the question, and then discuss. After we learn more about the legislative branch, we could read through Cappy Tail and see if we can pick out keywords that connect to the information we just read. For example, point out why there's more than one room of statues or sides of the house, etc.
Cappy Tail's Capitol Tales by Peter W. Barnes and Cheryl Shaw Barnes, 2010
"Twin Text" Rationale & Extension/Enhancement of Non-Fiction Book:
Cappy Tail lives in the U.S. capitol and gives the reader a tour of the different rooms and treasures held in the capitol. I chose this text because my non-fiction text gives information on what the legislative branch does, while the fiction text shows some of the neat aspects of the capitol building.
Text Structure of Non-Fiction Book:
Description and main idea and details because the author writes about different aspects of the legislative branch like the House of Representatives, Senate, Speaker of the House, debating and voting, President's veto, etc.
Strategy Application for Making Connections between Texts:
For my second graders, I would probably use a directed listening-thinking activity because the content of the non-fiction text is pretty thick and heavy. I would not want to talk about certain aspects of the legislative branch like whips, so I would only tab specific spreads. Since the fiction and nonfiction texts focus on very different aspects of the legislative branch, I would give students a focus for the section, have them listen to the text, think about how to respond to the question, and then discuss. After we learn more about the legislative branch, we could read through Cappy Tail and see if we can pick out keywords that connect to the information we just read. For example, point out why there's more than one room of statues or sides of the house, etc.
February 20, 2014
This book was amazing. It was great to read for school. I can't wait to read the third book called " What is the Judicial branch?" so far the the two I have read so far was plain out amazing thay explained everything well. They had pictures for you to look at and gave examples of what they were talking about. My mom let me read this for school because we were learning about the government.
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