Jerry Spinelli
Greetings. The following materials are intended to provide an introduction to Jerry Spinelli. They were assembled from the World Wide Web, ERIC Database, and a variety of other bibliographic resources. Instructions for acquiring the full text of the ERIC records are presented at the end of this file.
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Alphabetically arranged listing of bibliographies
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Maniac Magee (lesson plan 1)
Maniac Magee (lesson plan 2)
Maniac Magee (lesson plan 3)
Maniac Magee (lesson plan 4)
Maniac Magee (lesson plan 5)
Maniac Magee (lesson plan 6)
Maniac Magee (Journal Questions)
Maniac Magee Web Relay
Maniac Magee and Wringer (lesson plans)
Stargirl (lesson plan)
Wringer (lesson plan 1)
Wringer (lesson plan 2)
Wringer (lesson plan 3)
Wringer (lesson plan 4)
Newberys and Net: Wringer
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Citations from the ERIC Database
AN: ED436778
AU: Hurst,-Carol-Otis; Otis,-Rebecca
TI: Friends and Relations: Using Literature with Social Themes, Grades 3-5. The Responsive Classroom Series #4.
PY: 2000
AV: Northeast Foundation for Children, 71 Montague City Road, Greenfield, MA 01301. Tel: 800-360-6332 (Toll Free); Web site: <http://www.responsiveclassroom.org.
PR: EDRS Price MF01 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS.
DE: *Childrens-Literature; *Family-Sociological-Unit; *Friendship-; *Literature-Appreciation; *Novels-; *Social-Values
DE: Annotated-Bibliographies; Class-Activities; Elementary-Education; Learning-Activities; Picture-Books; Reading-Material-Selection; Thematic-Approach
AB: This book contains eight selections of literature for children in Grades 3-5, books which focus on themes of friendship and family. Ranging from picture books to novels, these selections are rich with possibilities for exploring topics such as loyalty, empathy, conflict, courage, fairness, responsibility, and diversity. Each selection features the following: a detailed summary of the source of the selection; a variety of activities for embracing understanding; suggestions and techniques for facilitating in-depth discussions; and an annotated list of thematically related books. Selections in the book come from "The Table Where Rich People Sit" (Byrd Baylor); "The Lotus Seed" (Sherry Garland); "Shiloh" (Phyllis Reynolds Naylor); "Sarah, Plain and Tall" (Patricia MacLachlan); "Charlotte's Web" (E.B. White); "Bad Girls" (Cynthia Voigt); "Lily's Crossing" (Patricia Reilly Giff); and "Wringer" (Jerry Spinelli). (NKA)
AN: EJ579226
AU: Kerby,-Ramona-N.
TI: Favorite Newbery Books of Sixth Grade Students, Teachers, and Library Media Specialists.
PY: 1999
SO: Reading-Research-and-Instruction; v38 n2 p131-41 Win 1999
DE: *Childrens-Literature; *Librarian-Attitudes; *Student-Attitudes; *Teacher-Attitudes
DE: Grade-6; Intermediate-Grades; Reading-Attitudes; Sex-Differences
AB: Identifies Newbery books most frequently chosen as favorites by 2,211 sixth-grade students, sixth-grade teachers, and school library media specialists. FInds that boys chose "Maniac Magee" (Jerry Spinelli), girls chose "Number the Stars" (Lois Lowry), and adults chose "The Giver" (Lois Lowry). (RS)
AN: ED419239
AU: Roberts,-Sherron-Killingsworth
TI: The Female Rescuer in Newbery Books: Who Is She?
PY: 1998
NT: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (San Diego, CA, April 13-17, 1998).
PR: EDRS Price MF01/PC01 Plus Postage. DL: http://orders.edrs.com/members/sp.cfm?AN=ED419239
DE: *Adolescent-Literature; *Characterization-; *Childrens-Literature; *Females-; *Literary-Criticism
DE: Content-Analysis; Critical-Reading; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Locus-of-Control; Novels-
AB: A study used three Newbery books - "The Voyages of Dr. Doolittle (Lofting, 1922), "Charlotte's Web" (White, 1952), and "Maniac Magee" (Spinelli, 1990) - to examine three female characters identified in these books in the role of rescuer, accentuating their commonalities and differences within Jungian and feminist theory in literary criticism. Since many research studies cite locus of control as the determining factor in school achievement and retention rates, initially a coding scheme was developed using locus of control as the conceptual framework. In a larger content analysis, 140 fictional Newbery protagonists were classified into eight categories which collapsed into internal and external locus of control. The books were read by two readers, and notes were taken separately by each. A progressive process of reading, taking notes, and pattern sorting was used to analyze these female characters. The most striking commonality among the three characters is that all represent the archetypical Mother, although none were biologically related to the protagonists. Polynesia, the parrot, in "Dr. Doolittle" and Charlotte, the spider, in "Charlotte's Web," both non-human characters, provide archetypes of Mother, and Amanda Beale, in "Maniac Magee," portrays the maternal archetype as well as a conventional heroine in the masculine tradition of employing physical power. This analysis may offer insights for educators who share the dual challenge of providing young readers with literature that includes the diversity of robust female characters and of teaching critical thinking skills so as to understand the roles of heroes and rescuers. (Contains 1 table and 22 references.) (CR)
AN: ED398530
AU: McClure,-Amy-A., ed.; Kristo,-Janice-V., ed.
TI: Books That Invite Talk, Wonder, and Play.
CS: National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL.
PY: 1996
AV: National Council of Teachers of English, 1111 W. Kenyon Road, Urbana, IL 61801-1096 (Stock No. 03707: $14.95 members, $19.95 nonmembers).
PR: EDRS Price MF01/PC14 Plus Postage. DL: http://orders.edrs.com/members/sp.cfm?AN=ED398530
DE: *Authors-; *Childrens-Literature; *Language-Arts; *Language-Usage; *Writing-Processes
DE: Elementary-Education; Language-Variation; Literary-Genres; Nonfiction-; Novels-; Picture-Books; Poetry-; Recreational-Reading; Thematic-Approach
AB: Focusing on children's books identified as "notable" for their rich use of language, this book presents essays that discuss literary genres and literary language, responding to the language of Notable Books, and developing an appreciation for language diversity. The book also presents brief essays by well-known children's authors regarding their writing processes. The notable works of children's literature discussed in the book were identified over a 10-year period by the Notable Children's Trade Books in the Language Arts Committee of the Children's Literature Assembly, a special interest group of the National Council of Teachers of English. After an introductory essay ("Wordcrafting: What Makes a Book Notable in the Language Arts?" by Susan Lehr), chapters in the book are (1) "Picture Books: Language That Sparks the Mind and Fuels the Imagination" (Janice V. Kristo and Linda Leonard Lamme); (2) "Poetic Texts and Poetic Language" (Amy A. McClure); (3) "The Language of Facts: Using Nonfiction Books to Support Language Growth" (Sylvia M. Vardell); (4) "Notable Novels in the Classroom: Helping Students to Increase Their Knowledge of Language and Literature" (Christine Doyle Francis); (5) "Language Use through Drama" (Anthony L. Manna); (6) "Language of the Storyteller" (Inga Kromann-Kelly); and (7) "Connecting Writing, Talk, and Literature" (Yvonne Siu-Runyan); (8) "How to Do Things with Words: Trickster Stories, Multicultural Awareness, and Language Arts" (Jon C. Stott); (9) "Diversity in Language: Using Notable African American Children's Literature in the Classroom" (Deborah Thompson); (10) "International Books and the Language Arts" (Carl M. Tomlinson); and (11) "Linking Literature and Language Use through Thematic Units" (Barbara Chatton and Susan Hepler). The book concludes with essays written by 38 authors of Notable Books (including Avi, Eve Bunting, Paula Fox, Patricia Lauber, Gary Paulsen, and Jerry Spinelli) that reflect on their own processes of writing and the decisions they make about such matters as wording, style, and the use of dialect. A bibliography of approximately 300 Notable Books is attached. (RS)
AN: EJ519667
AU: McGinley,-William; Kamberelis,-George
TI: "Maniac Magee" and "Ragtime Tumpie": Children Negotiating Self and World through Reading and Writing.
PY: 1996
SO: Research-in-the-Teaching-of-English; v30 n1 p75-113 Feb 1996
DE: *Literacy-; *Self-Concept; *Social-Attitudes
DE: Elementary-Education; Reading-Habits; Social-Cognition; Urban-Areas; Urban-Education; Writing-Attitudes
AB: Reports on a year-long study of how children's literacy practices enhanced their understanding of themselves and their social worlds. Finds that children's reading and writing benefited them personally and socially, enabling them to understand a complex urban landscape, to explore new social identities, and to wrestle with social problems and ways of reconstructing their lives. (TB)
AN: EJ518866
AU: Sullivan,-Emilie-P.; Nielsen,-William
TI: Teacher to Teacher: Fictional Literature in Mathematics.
PY: 1996
SO: Mathematics-Teaching-in-the-Middle-School; v1 n8 p646-47 Jan-Feb 1996
DE: *Childrens-Literature; *Fiction-; *Mathematical-Applications
DE: Junior-High-Schools; Mathematics-Instruction; Middle-Schools
AB: Recommends "Maniac Magee," "Dicey's Song," and "Dear Mr. Henshaw" as children's fiction books that portray mathematics in a positive light. (MKR)
AN: ED387796
AU: Levin,-Michael-H.
TI: "Maniac Magee." A Literature Unit.
PY: 1995
AV: Teacher Created Materials, Inc., P.O. Box 1040, Huntington Beach, CA 92647 (TCM537: $6.95, plus $3.50 shipping/handling; orders of $35 or over, 10% shipping/handling).
NT: For other literature units in this series, see CS 215 037-039.
PR: Document Not Available from EDRS.
DE: *Childrens-Literature; *Curriculum-Enrichment; *Fiction-; *Literature-Appreciation
DE: Adolescent-Literature; Class-Activities; Elementary-Education; Student-Projects; Units-of-Study
AB: Intended as an aid to classroom teachers, this handbook presents a literature unit based on the children's book, "Maniac Magee" (Jerry Spinelli). It begins with sample lesson plans, pre-reading activities, author information, a book summary, and vocabulary lists and suggested vocabulary activities. Next, chapters of "Maniac Magee" are grouped for study into 5 sections; each section includes quizzes, hands-on projects, cooperative learning activities, cross-curricular connections, and extensions into the reader/student's own life. Finally, the handbook offers culminating activities, unit test options, a bibliography of related reading, and an answer key. (SR)
AN: EJ498908
AU: Rosenthal,-Irene
TI: Educating through Literature: Flying Lessons from "Maniac Magee."
PY: 1995
SO: Language-Arts; v72 n2 p113-19 Feb 1995
NT: Theme: Building Community in the Classroom.
DE: *Childrens-Literature; *Classroom-Environment; *Literature-Appreciation
DE: Books-; Elementary-Education; Language-Arts; Teacher-Attitudes; Teaching-Methods
AB: Argues that, to develop a community of readers of literature, teachers must go beyond an approach to literature that merely treats it as an excuse for a comprehension skills lesson or a social studies exercise. Illustrates the argument with the children's book "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli. (SR)
AN: EJ494569
AU: Enciso,-Patricia-E.
TI: Cultural Identity and Response to Literature: Running Lessons from "Maniac Magee."
PY: 1994
SO: Language-Arts; v71 n7 p524-33 Nov 1994
NT: Theme: Discussion in the Language Arts Classroom.
DE: *Cultural-Awareness; *Cultural-Background; *Discussion-Teaching-Technique; *Literature-Appreciation
DE: Classroom-Communication; Classroom-Research; Cultural-Differences; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Teacher-Student-Relationship
AB: Examines classroom discussions of Jerry Spinelli's novel "Maniac Magee" to see how literature discussions can help both teachers and students understand and express their own and others' cultural and social identities. (SR)
AN: EJ490722
AU: Kettel,-Raymond-P.
TI: An Interview with Jerry Spinelli: Thoughts on Teaching Writing in the Classroom.
PY: 1994
SO: English-Journal; v83 n5 p61-64 Sep 1994
NT: Special Issue: Breaking the Rules.
DE: *Adolescent-Literature; *Authors-; *English-Instruction; *Fiction-; *Writing-Processes
DE: Audience-Awareness; Creative-Writing; English-Curriculum; High-Schools; Interviews-; Writing-Instruction
AB: Presents a transcript of an interview with successful young adult author Jerry Spinelli. Describes the techniques and writing strategies used by Spinelli. Discusses ways of generating stories, and the author's concept of his audience. (HB)
AN: EJ489189
AU: Sullivan,-Emilie-P.
TI: Three Good Juvenile Books with Literacy Models.
PY: 1994
SO: Journal-of-Reading; v38 n1 p55 Sep 1994
DE: *Adolescent-Literature; *Literacy-; *Reading-Attitudes; *Reading-Difficulties
DE: Bibliotherapy-; Junior-High-Schools; Novels-
AB: Discusses three Newbery Award-winning books that can be used to stimulate discussion of reading attitudes and difficulties: "Maniac Magee" (Jerry Spinelli, 1990); "Sign of the Beaver" (Elizabeth Speare, 1983); and "Dicey's Song" (Cynthia Voigt, 1982). (RS)
AN: ED363868
AU: McGinley,-William; Kamberelis,-George
TI: "Maniac Magee" and "Ragtime Tumpie": Children Negotiating Self and World through Reading and Writing.
PY: 1993
NT: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Reading Conference (43rd, Charleston, SC, December 1-4, 1993).
PR: EDRS Price MF01/PC03 Plus Postage. DL: http://orders.edrs.com/members/sp.cfm?AN=ED363868
DE: *Literacy-; *Reading-Instruction; *Writing-Instruction
DE: Case-Studies; Classroom-Research; Elementary-School-Students; Instructional-Effectiveness; Intermediate-Grades; Language-Arts; Program-Effectiveness; Reading-Research; Urban-Education; Writing-Research
AB: A study examined the effect of an alternative language arts program designed to encourage children to take up reading and writing in ways that they find personally, socially, and politically relevant. Throughout a school year, the development of the alternative language arts program in a third/fourth grade classroom in an urban school was documented. Extensive case studies were conducted on five children in the classroom. Data included: classroom observation; field notes; children's stories, poems, essays, and reading response journals; and in-depth conversational interviews that focused on the audiences and functions of the children's reading and writing. Results demonstrated the many different ways in which the children used reading and writing as vehicles for personal, social, and political exploration. Results also documented how particular children constructed their own unique repertoires of reading and writing functions - repertoires that reflected the interests, needs, and issues most central to their individual sensibilities and life histories. Findings suggest: (1) educators need to question viewing comprehension and production of the conceptual content of written texts as the primary functions of reading and writing; and (2) relocating classroom literacy activities within the concrete exigencies of children's lives seems to hold promise for the development of new and more productive forms of literacy pedagogy. (Five tables of data and two figures presenting student writing samples are included; 86 references, a taxonomy of personal, social, and political functions of reading and writing, and eight samples of student writing are attached.) (Author/RS)
AN: EJ444754
TI: 1991 Children's Book Awards.
PY: 1991
SO: School-Library-Media-Annual-SLMA; v9 p264 1991
DE: *Awards-; *Childrens-Literature; *Professional-Recognition
DE: Authors-; Translation-
AB: Lists the winners of the 1991 children's book awards, including the Newbery Award (Jerry Spinelli); the Caldecott Award (David Macaulay); the Coretta Scott King Award (Mildred Taylor, author; Leo and Diane Dillon, illustrators); and the Mildred L. Batchelder Award (Rafik Shami, author; translated from Arabic by Rika Lesser). (LRW)
AN: EJ432653
AU: Spinelli,-Jerry
TI: Catching Maniac Magee.
PY: 1991
SO: Reading-Teacher; v45 n3 p174-76 Nov 1991
DE: *Authors-; *Characterization-; *Childrens-Literature
DE: Reading-Materials; Writing-Composition; Writing-for-Publication; Writing-Processes
AB: Discusses the origination of the character, the voice, and the story behind the 1991 Newbery-winning "Maniac Magee" as told by the author, Jerry Spinelli. (MG)
AN: ED331040
AU: Lesesne,-Teri-S.
TI: Electric Reading: Powerful Books for Young Adults.
PY: 1991
NT: Paper presented at the Annual Southwest Regional Conference of the International Reading Association (19th, Dallas, TX, February 27-March 1, 1991).
PR: EDRS Price MF01/PC01 Plus Postage.
DE: *Adolescent-Literature; *Reading-Attitudes; *Reading-Interests; *Reading-Materials; *Recreational-Reading
DE: Intermediate-Grades; Junior-High-Schools; Middle-Schools; Reading-Instruction; Reading-Material-Selection
AB: Research shows that middle school students overwhelmingly cite three characteristics that they like in books they read: (1) humor; (2) mystery and suspense; and (3) reality (true stories about real people). Matching students with appropriate books helps turn students "on" to reading, and it is this "electric" reading that encourages lifetime readers. Educators, therefore, need to identify books whose features provide powerful reading for young adults. "Aliens for Breakfast" (1989) by J. Etra and S. Spinner, and "Maniac Magee" (1990) by Jerry Spinelli are just two examples of humorous books written for these students. Stories by Avi, such as "The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle" (1990) and "The Man Who Was Poe" (1989) are well known to middle school students who love mystery and suspense. And students who like to read about "real" people in "real" situations will surely enjoy Susan Beth Pfeffer's "The Year without Michael" or Caroline Cooney's "The Face on the Milk Carton." Such books truly provide the electricity to prompt students into becoming lifetime readers. It is time for teachers to use the switch provided by research to turn students on to reading. (Eighteen references are included.) (PRA)
AN: ED274986
AU: Reed,-Arthea, ed.
TI: Laughter As Medicine.
CS: Assembly on Literature for Adolescents, Athens, GA.
PY: 1986
SO: The-ALAN-Review; v14 n1 Fall 1986
PR: EDRS Price MF01/PC03 Plus Postage.
DE: *Adolescent-Literature; *Humor-
DE: Adolescent-Development; Authors-; Censorship-; Literature-Reviews; Secondary-Education; Writing-for-Publication; Writing-Processes
AB: Humor in adolescent literature is the focus of the articles in this themed journal issue. The articles and their authors are as follows: (1) "Of Fiction and Madness" (Paul Zindel); (2) "Before the Immaculate Cuticles" (Jerry Spinelli); (3) "I Want To Make Them Laugh" (Ellen Conford); (4) "The Terrible Hilarity of Adolescence in 'Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack!'" (M. Kip Hartvigsen and Christen Borg Hartvigsen); (5) "Choosing Issues for Reading and Writing: Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development" (Audrey T. Edwards); (6) "YA Writers on Writing" (Sylvia Vardell); (7) "What Every English Teacher Should Know about Free Reading" (Dick Abrahamson and Eleanor Tyson); (8) "Fifty YA Books Out of the Past Still Worth Reading; Or, Enjoyment Is There if You Search for It" (Ken Donelson); (9) "Non-Fiction: News from ALAN and Beyond"; (10) "Dare a Teacher Disturb the Universe? Or Even Eat a Peach? Closet Censorship: Its Prevention and Cure" (James E. Davis). Other sections include "Best Books for Young Adults, 1985" (Betty Carter); "Now That You Asked" (Ruth Cline and Elizabeth Poe); and "The Back Door" (Charlie Reed). (JD)
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Other resources from Doucette Index: K-12 Literature-Based Teaching Ideas (materials available via libraries or bookstores)
Spinelli, Eileen; Yalowitz, Paul (illus.)
Somebody loves you, Mr. Hatch
See p.101:
Polette, Nancy
Picture booktalks to perform: two way booktalks to read and to perform, vol. 1: selected picture books published 1988-1992 (O'Fallon, MO: Book Lures Inc. , 1992)
Spinelli, Jerry
Maniac magee
See pp.71-72:
Thompson, Gare
Teaching through themes (New York: Scholastic Professional Bookd, 1991)
Spinelli, Jerry
Wringer
See pp.204-206:
Hurst, Carol Otis
Using literature in the middle school curriculum (Worthington, Ohio: Linworth Publishing Inc., 1999)
Spinelli, Jerry
Jason and Marceline
See pp.3414-3418:
Beetz, Kirk H.
Beacham's guide to literature for young adults, Vol. 7 (Washington, D.C.: Beacham Publishing, 1990)
Spinelli, Jerry
Maniac Magee
See pp.3553-3559:
Beetz, Kirk H.
Beacham's guide to literature for young adults, Vol. 7 (Washington, D.C.: Beacham Publishing, 1990)
Spinelli, Jerry
Night of the whale
See pp.3721-3727:
Beetz, Kirk H.
Beacham's guide to literature for young adults, Vol. 7 (Washington, D.C.: Beacham Publishing, 1990)
Spinelli, Jerry
Wringer
See pp.473-480:
Scott, Mark W.
Beacham's guide to literature for young adults, Vol. 10 (Detroit: Gale Group, 2000)
Spinelli, Jerry
Crash
See:
Wyndham, Temple
Crash: a study guide to the novel by Jerry Spinelli (Mississauga, Ont.: MOD Publishing, 1998)
Spinelli, Jerry
Maniac Magee
See:
Finn, Perdita
Literature circle guide: Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli (New York: Scholastic Professional Books, 2001)
Resources from Academic Search Premier (materials available via libraries or bookstores)
Title: Homer on George Street.
Source: Publishers Weekly, 07/17/2000, Vol. 249 Issue 29, p168, 2p
Author(s): Brown, Jennifer M.
Abstract: Features Jerry Spinelli, an author. Background of his novel "Stargirl'; Inspiration for his novel "Space Station 7th Grade'; Advice to writers; Award won for his book "Maniac Magee: Homer on George Street'; Relationship with his wife-author Eileen.
Title: MANIAC MAGEE.
Source: Mailbox: The Intermediate Edition, Jun/Jul2000, Vol. 22 Issue 3, p50, 6p, 2 charts, 6c, 3bw
Author(s): Sammartino, Lori
Abstract: Presents several activities for school children about literature using the award-winning novel "Maniac Magee," by Jerry Spinelli. Writing, critical thinking; Writing, point of view; Identifying and classifying adjectives.
Title: Jerry Spinelli. Subject(s): SPINELLI, Jerry - Interviews; AUTHORS - Interviews
Source: Writing, Nov/Dec99, Vol. 22 Issue 3, p11, 3p, 1bw
Abstract: Interviews writer Jerry Spinelli. Career background; Spinelli's process for writing a book; Favorite characters; Role of humor in Spinelli's books; Impact of computers and Internet on Spinelli's writing. INSET: Laughing at Ourselves.
Title: The lesson called Garfield Shainline.
Source: Instructor-Primary, Sep98, Vol. 108 Issue 2, p76, 2p, 2c
Author(s): Spinelli, Jerry
Abstract: Shares personal experiences focused on a favorite teacher in the person of Garfield Shainline. Physical characteristics; Professional ethics; Conduct of classroom discipline; Illness; Lessons learned from the teacher. INSET: Books by Jerry Spinelli.
Title: Jerry Spinelli's double play.
Source: Highlights for Children, Mar94, Vol. 49 Issue 3, p6, 2p, 2c, 1bw Author(s): Morris, Rob
Abstract: Presents an interview with Jerry Spinelli, author of the Newbery Award-winning "Maniac Magee," who answers questions by fourth-graders at Lincoln School in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. He talks about where he grew up, what his street was like, why he became a writer, whether he likes to read, his advice to young writers, and more.
Title: Jerry Spinelli.
Source: Instructor (1996), Sep93, Vol. 103 Issue 2, p84, 2p, 5c
Author(s): Lewis, Valerie; Cefali, Leslie
Abstract: Focuses on children's author Jerry Spinelli. Books written; Childhood impressions; Lifestyle; Pets; Personal philosophy in writing; "There's A Girl in My Hammerlock'; "Fourth-Grade Rats'; "Maniac Magee'; Includes supplement page. INSET: Calling all book lovers! (promo for children readers).
Title: Jerry Spinelli.
Source: Horn Book Magazine, Jul/Aug91, Vol. 67 Issue 4, p433, 4p, 1bw
Author(s): Keller, J.; Adams, M.
Abstract: Profiles Jerry Spinelli, winner of the Newberry Medal. Two emblematic stories about him; Background; Work.
Resources from Education Abstracts FullText (materials available via libraries or bookstores)
Title: The dynamic nature of response: children reading and responding to Maniac Magee and The friendship
AUTHOR(S): Lehr, Susan; Thompson, Deborah L
Source: The Reading Teacher v 53 no6 Mar 2000.p. 480-93.
Abstract: A study examined the responses of two ethnically diverse populations of fifth-grade students to multicultural literature. Participants were eight students from a rural village in upstate New York and eight students from an ethnically diverse working-class neighborhood in Washington, D.C., who read and responded to Mildred D. Taylor's The Friendship and Jerry Spinelli's Maniac Magee. Results revealed that participants responded typically to the two children's books with literal inferences and moral response and made a lot of personal remarks, that they had sophisticated oral and written responses, and that they understood opposing viewpoints by empathizing with one character but condemning the behavior of another. Further results are presented, and effective strategies for eliciting rich responses from children are outlined.
Title: Unforgettable teachers: the lesson called Garfield Shainline
AUTHOR(S): Spinelli, Jerry, 1941
Source: Instructor (Primary edition) v 108 no2 Sept 1998.p. 76-7.
Abstract: Jerry Spinelli, author of numerous children's books, remembers his favorite teacher. His favorite teacher was his Sunday school teacher, Garfield Shainline, who he has come to realize was not the teacher but the lesson.
Title: Writing: Spinelli-style
AUTHOR(S): Winarski, Diana L
Source: Teaching PreK 8 v 27 Oct 1996.p. 42-4.
Abstract: A profile of Jerry Spinelli and Eileen Spinelli, a husband and wife who are both writers of children's literature. From the outset, the Spinellis have shared their writing with one another, but the work they do has little in common other than its audience.
Title: Meet the Author: Jerry Spinelli
AUTHOR(S): Lewis, Valerie V; Cefali, Leslie
Source: Instructor (New York, NY) v 103 Sept 1993.p. 84-6.
Resources from OCLCís WorldCat (materials available via libraries or bookstores)
Title: Knots in my yo-yo string: the autobiography of a kid
Author(s): Spinelli, Jerry.
Publication: Thorndike, Me.: Thorndike Press
Year: 2000 1998
ISBN: 078622973X (lg. print: hc: alk. paper)
Abstract: This Italian-American Newbery Medalist presents a humorous account of his childhood and youth in Norristown, Pennsylvania.
Title: Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli: study guide
Author(s): Clausen, Andrew.
Publication: Eau Claire, WI: Progeny Press
Year: 1999
Abstract: Provides vocabulary exercises and questions corresponding to the reading of Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli.
Title: LinguiSystems® novel guide for Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli. Publication: East Moline, IL: LinguiSystems
Year: 1999
ISBN: 0760602808
Abstract: This teachers' guide and workbook contains activities to develop literary skills such as symbolism, character development, figurative language, and plot development.
Title: Crash: a study guide to the novel by Jerry Spinelli
Author(s): Wyndham, Temple. ; Spinelli, Jerry. ; Crash.
Publication: Mississauga, Ont.: M.O.D. Pub.
Year: 1999
ISBN: 0968397468
Title: Reading with Jerry Spinelli
Author(s): Yeoman, Anita, 1940-
Publication: Stroud, ON: Teacher TimeSavers
Year: 1998
ISBN: 1894164083
Title: Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
Author(s): Leduc, Ron, 1940-
Publication: [Napanee, Ont.]: S&S Learning Materials
Year: 1998
ISBN: 1550355503
Title: Maniac Magee: a unit plan
Author(s): Linde, Barbara M.
Publication: Berlin, Maryland: Teacher's Pet Publications, inc., Edition: 2nd ed. Year: 1997
Title: Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli: [study guide]
Author(s): Beech, Linda Ward.
Publication: New York, NY: Scholastic Professional Books
Year: 1997
ISBN: 0590366440
Abstract: "Author biography, chapter summaries, discussion questions, vocabulary builders, assessment strategies, reproducibles, cross-curricular activities for students of all learning styles." - Cover.
Title: Jerry Spinelli, author (audiovisual material)
Publication: [New York]:; Scholastic
Year: 1996
ISBN: 0590548557
Abstract: The author, from Norristown, Pa., writes books about all aspects of kids' lives. He talks about how he creates his books and is shown with his pet rat and chinchilla as well as signing his books and reading to children.
Title: There's a girl in my hammerlock by Jerry Spinelli: teacher guide
Author(s): Green, Phyllis A. ; Spinelli, Jerry. ; There's a girl in my hammerlock.; Troy, Anne.
Publication: Palatine, IL: Novel Units
Year: 1996
ISBN: 1561377368 (pbk.)
Title: Jerry Spinelli (audio material)
Author(s): Dorfman, Debra. ; Occhini, Lorraine.
Publication: New York, NY:; Scholastic
Year: 1996
Title: Jerry Spinelli (audiovisual material)
Author(s): Spinelli, Jerry. ; Frey, Jean.
Publication: Annandale, VA:; Fairfax Network, Fairfax County Public Schools
Year: 1996
Abstract: Author Jerry Spinelli is interviewed by Jean Frey at a Fairfax County Public School, where the students ask him questions about his literary career.
Title: Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli: a study guide for grades 5 to 9
Author(s): Jaffe, Charlotte S. ; Spinelli, Jerry. ; Maniac Magee.; Doherty, Barbara T. ; Neulinger, Karen.
Publication: Hawthorne, NJ: Educational Impressions
Year: 1995
ISBN: 1566449804
Title: A literature unit for Maniac Magee, by Jerry Spinelli
Author(s): Levin, Michael H. ; Bauer, Larry. ; Chang, Wendy.
Publication: Huntington Beach, CA: Teacher Created Materials
Year: 1995
Title: Maniac Magee: a literature resource guide.
Publication: Saint Louis, Mo.: Milliken
Year: 1994
ISBN: 0787700185
Abstract: Teaching units to accompany the study of the novel Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli.
Title: A talk with Jerry Spinelli (audiovisual material)
Author(s): Spinelli, Jerry. ; Podell, Tim.
Publication: Scarborough, NY:; Tim Podell Productions
Year: 1994
Abstract: Jerry Spinelli describes his life, writing, and family. Jerry takes the viewer on a tour of his home and introduce viewers to his wife Eileen.
Title: Good conversation! a talk with Jerry Spinelli/(audiovisual material) Author(s): Spinelli, Jerry. ; Podell, Tim.
Publication: Bohemia, NY:; Rainbow Educational Video
Year: 1994
Abstract: Jerry Spinelli describes his life, writing, and family. Jerry takes the viewer on a tour of his home and introduce viewers to his wife Eileen.
Title: Jerry and Eileen Spinelli (audiovisual material)
Author(s): Spinelli, Jerry. ; Spinelli, Eileen. ; Weiss, Jaqueline Shachter. ; Field, Carolyn W.,; 1916-
Publication: Norristown, Pa.:; J.S. Weiss, Year: 1992
Abstract: Presents an interview with Jerry and Eileen Spinelli, authors of children's books, in which they talk about their lives, their writing, and some of their books.
Title: Maniac Magee (audiovisual material)
Author(s): Spinelli, Jerry. Publication: Chatsworth, Calif.:; AIMS Media
Year: 1992
ISBN: 080680100X:
Abstract: After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his contemporaries.
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