Lydia Bolls, Shaina Clark, Kristi Staton Author study: Patricia Polacco Selected grade level: 4 th grade Featured selection: Pink and Say Bibliography: Polacco, P. (1994). Pink and Say. New York: Philomel Books. Polacco, P. (2009). January's sparrow. New York: Philomel Books. Summary of Pink and Say: Sheldon Curtis, also known as Say, is a young boy who is wounded trying to escape from his unit during the Civil War. Say is saved by a young black man, Pinkus “Pink” Aylee, who carries him to his mother’s house. Pink’s mother, Moe Moe Bay, nurses the boys back to health. While biding their time, Pink tells Say about why he is fighting in the war, to end the “sickness of slavery.” Pink also tells Say that he can read, although it was illegal for his master to teach him, and he spends some time reading to Say and Moe Moe Bay. In order to lift Moe Moe Bay and Pink’s spirits, Say tells them about the time he shook Abraham Lincoln’s hand, and they touched Say’s hand in order to say that they touched the hand that touched the hand of Abraham Lincoln. Marauders come to search the area, and kills Moe Moe Bay. After Moe Moe Bay dies, Pink and Say head back to the war but are captured by the Confederate army. Say survives to pass on the tale, but Pink does not. Pink and Say will be read aloud. We selected this method because the book is a bit complicated and if the teacher reads it to the class she can explain some of the big vocabulary words that some students may not know the definition of. There could be a grand discussion about the issues Related books: January’s Sparrow Various Related Books (Ones that students can choose from for their project) o Just in Time, Abraham Lincoln, Chicken Sunday, Thunder Cake, Mrs. Katz and Tush, Bun Bun Button, The Junk Yard Wonders, In Our Mother’s
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Lydia Bolls, Shaina Clark, Kristi Staton
Author study: Patricia Polacco
Selected grade level: 4th
grade
Featured selection: Pink and Say
Bibliography:
Polacco, P. (1994). Pink and Say. New York: Philomel Books.
Polacco, P. (2009). January's sparrow. New York: Philomel Books.
Summary of Pink and Say: Sheldon Curtis, also known as Say, is a young boy who is wounded
trying to escape from his unit during the Civil War. Say is saved by a young black man, Pinkus
“Pink” Aylee, who carries him to his mother’s house. Pink’s mother, Moe Moe Bay, nurses the
boys back to health. While biding their time, Pink tells Say about why he is fighting in the war,
to end the “sickness of slavery.” Pink also tells Say that he can read, although it was illegal for
his master to teach him, and he spends some time reading to Say and Moe Moe Bay. In order to
lift Moe Moe Bay and Pink’s spirits, Say tells them about the time he shook Abraham Lincoln’s
hand, and they touched Say’s hand in order to say that they touched the hand that touched the
hand of Abraham Lincoln. Marauders come to search the area, and kills Moe Moe Bay. After
Moe Moe Bay dies, Pink and Say head back to the war but are captured by the Confederate
army. Say survives to pass on the tale, but Pink does not.
Pink and Say will be read aloud. We selected this method because the book is a bit
complicated and if the teacher reads it to the class she can explain some of the big vocabulary
words that some students may not know the definition of. There could be a grand discussion
about the issues
Related books:
January’s Sparrow
Various Related Books (Ones that students can choose from for their project)
o Just in Time, Abraham Lincoln, Chicken Sunday, Thunder Cake, Mrs.
Katz and Tush, Bun Bun Button, The Junk Yard Wonders, In Our Mother’s
house, The Lemonade Club, The bee tree, The keeping Quilt, Meteor!
Tikvah Means Hope, Just Plain Fancy, Some Birthday!, Casey at the Bat,
Rechenka’s Eggs, Picnic at Mudsock Meadow, My Ol’ Man, The tress of
the dancing goats, In Enzo’s Splendid Gardens, Thank you, Mr. Falker,
Tikvah mens hope, Boat ride with Lillian Two Blossom, Uncle Vova’s tree,
Applemando’s Dreams, John Philip Duck, and Oh look!
Goals:
To learn about slavery and The Civil War
To learn more about Abraham Lincoln
To learn more about death and prison camps
The importance of reading and passing on historical stories
To learn about Patricia Polacco’s background; education, family, influences, and
struggles
To learn about where Patricia Polacco gets her ideas from when writing stories