 The Kansas Prairie |
Sarah, Plain and Tall
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 The Maine Seashore |
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The Kansas Prairie |
Sarah, Plain and Tall
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The Maine Seashore |
Sarah, Plain and Tall is a tale set in the late 19th century. It is about a widowed midwestern farmer with two children, Anna and Caleb. The farmer advertises for a wife. When Sarah arrives she is homesick for Maine, especially for the ocean which she misses greatly. The children fear that she will not stay, and when she goes off to town alone, young Caleb, whose mother died during childbirth, is stricken with the fear that she has gone for good. But she returns with colored pencils to illustrate for them the beauty of Maine, and to explain that, though she misses her home, "the truth of it is I would miss you more." The tale gently explores themes of abandonment, loss and love.
| Chapter 1 | Vocabulary | Questions | Activities |
| Chapter 2 | Vocabulary | Questions | Activities |
| Chapter 3 | Vocabulary | Questions | Activities |
| Chapter 4 | Vocabulary | Questions | Activities |
| Chapter 5 | Vocabulary | Questions | Activities |
| Chapter 6 | Vocabulary | Questions | Activities |
| Chapter 7 | Vocabulary | Questions | Activities |
| Chapter 8 | Vocabulary | Questions | Activities |
| Chapter 9 | Vocabulary | Questions | Activities |
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List of Links http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/reading/sarahplainandtall.htm |
| Study Guide http://home.earthlink.net/~lizneb/sarah.html | |
| Economics and Geography Lessons from Sarah, Plain and Tall http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/grade5/Sarah_Plain.html | |
| Splash Publications http://www.splashpublications.com/sarah.html | |
| Student Study Guide http://www.nt.net/~torino/sarah.html |
State of Maine Kid's Page http://www.state.me.us/sos/kids/
Interview with author Patricia MacLachlan from Reading Rockets http://www.readingrockets.org/books/authorbio.php?ID=69
Last Updated 5/3/2008
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