Saturday, January 24, 2009

Reading Log for January/February

Reading Log for January/February
The following example is a question related to Words By Heart, an historical fiction novel we're reading in class.

Here is an example of a question and answer:

Page # 3

“Facts” to Check and Questions to Answer: What are “buttoned shoes”?

Answers and further information and where I found them: I Googled "button shoes." Fashion Encyclopedia http://www.fashionencyclopedia.com/fashion_
costume_culture/European-Culture-19th-Century/Buttoned-Shoes.html
I found a picture at http://gallery.e2bn.org/gallery_images
/0704/0000/0669/8085_mid.jpg

(The lower picture is of a hook used to button the shoes!)