{"id":168,"date":"2016-11-10T15:36:26","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T20:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/twocoaches\/?p=168"},"modified":"2016-11-10T15:36:26","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T20:36:26","slug":"oliver-button-is-a-sissy-by-tomie-depaola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/twocoaches\/2016\/11\/10\/oliver-button-is-a-sissy-by-tomie-depaola\/","title":{"rendered":"Oliver Button Is a Sissy by:  Tomie dePaola"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/twocoaches\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2236\/2016\/11\/oliver1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-169\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/twocoaches\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2236\/2016\/11\/oliver1-234x300.jpg\" alt=\"oliver1\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/twocoaches\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2236\/2016\/11\/oliver1-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/twocoaches\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2236\/2016\/11\/oliver1.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>This\u00a0book tells the story of Oliver who is not like other boys. \u00a0He prefers to play jump rope, play in the woods, dress up, and sing, rather than playing sports. \u00a0At school, he is made fun of by all of the other boys. \u00a0They call him a &#8220;sissy&#8221; and laugh when a girl defends him. \u00a0Even Oliver&#8217;s father disapproves of his interests and wants him to play sports like the other boys. \u00a0Then, Oliver performs at a local talent show, where although he doesn&#8217;t win, he earns more respect from those who teased him.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This book \u00a0can be used to teach narrative elements like setting, character, and plot. \u00a0It is a strong example of realistic fiction. \u00a0The problem gets worse before it gets better. \u00a0It has a strong main character etc.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>During reading, have the students get to know Oliver by identifying what he looks like, says, and does at different points in the story. \u00a0Also talk about the different settings: woods, school, dance class etc.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This\u00a0book tells the story of Oliver who is not like other boys. \u00a0He prefers to play jump rope, play in the woods, dress up, and sing, rather than playing sports. \u00a0At school, he is made fun of by all of the other boys. \u00a0They call him a &#8220;sissy&#8221; and laugh when a girl defends him. <a href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/twocoaches\/2016\/11\/10\/oliver-button-is-a-sissy-by-tomie-depaola\/\">Continue reading &#8594;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/twocoaches\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/twocoaches\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/twocoaches\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/twocoaches\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/twocoaches\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/twocoaches\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/twocoaches\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/twocoaches\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/twocoaches\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}