Activities with Coretta Scott King Award
Winners
Activities by Nancy Polette © 2002
TAR BEACH
by Faith Ringold. Crown, 1991.
1992 Winner
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Eight-year-old Cassie lives in New York City in Harlem where she lets her imagination
soar as the family spends summer evenings on the roof top of their apartment
building. |
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| ACTIVITY: Create a Big City Tall Tale. |
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First, think of a word for each of the fifteen listed items (Use the name, Cassie,
for items 5, 7, and 14. Name: 1. a size 2. a color 3. an anima1 4. a place to sleep 5. Mike Fink 6. way to trave1 7. Mike Fink 8. something to read 9. same as #3 10. animal noise 11. animal (not #3) 12. animal 13. animal 14. Mike Fink 15. same as #6. Substitute the words above for the numbers in the story that follows. Beside the Brooklyn Bridgethere was a (1) (2) (3) who was sound asleep on a (4). (5) approached on a (6) (7) was reading a (8) and stumbled over the (9) who awakened and gave a loud ( 10) that frightened the other river creatures including the (11), (12) and (13). (14) left quickly on (15) vowing never to disturb the river animals again. |