The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus
Jen Bryant
Publish date 2014
Grade 3
Published by Eerdman’s Books for Young Readers
Reading Level: 590L
2
starred reviews:
Publishers Weekly
(STARRED review)
"Sweet
envisions Roget's work as a shadow box crammed with the wonders of the natural
world, adorned with exuberant hand-lettered typography. Together with Bryant's
sympathetic account, Sweet's gentle riot of images and words humanizes the man
behind this ubiquitous reference work and demystifies the thesaurus
itself."
Kirkus Reviews
(STARRED review)
"Bryant's
prose is bright and well-tuned for young readers. . . . Sweet tops herself —
again! — visually reflecting Roget's wide range as a thinker and product of the
Enlightenment. Injecting her watercolor palette with shots of teal, scarlet and
fuchsia, Sweet embeds vintage bits (ledger paper, type drawers, botanical
illustrations and more), creating a teeming, contemplative, playfully
celebratory opus. In a word: marvelous!"
Summary:
In The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus by Jen Bryant follows the
story of Peter Roget and his journey to produce his thesaurus. When Roget was a
young boy there was nothing he loved more than books. From the books he read he
kept lists of words that he liked and their synonyms. He always had trouble
finding the right word to use when explaining what he thought. He eventually
became a doctor and wanted to provide other people with easy access to words to
help them express what they were thinking and feeling. This lead to the publication
of one of the most useful tools for literacy, a thesaurus.
Description:
Non-Fiction, Biography
Suggested
Delivery: Whole group
Electronic
Resources (2):
This includes all the book
information, a summary, reviews, and the book trailer. This can be used as a
pre-reading activity.
This site includes all the
bibliographic information about the text and links to other websites to use
with this text. This also includes teaching activities to do with Kindergarten
students up through third grade and beyond. This can be used as a during and
after reading strategy.
Vocabulary:
Peppered –
constantly asked him
Categories
– classifications or grouped by similar ideas or traits
Preferred –
liked to do something a certain way
Intrude –
get in the way when uninvited
Societies –
a group of people and the way they live
Lecture –
person talking for a long time about a certain topic
Concisely –
covering a lot in a few words
Clarity –
clearness
Conviction
– a fixed or firm belief
Teaching Suggestions:
·
Use this book to teach about the thesaurus
·
Use this book to teach about synonyms
·
Use this book to teach about antonyms
Pre Reading: The teacher will put up a word wall. The
students will be able to add to the word wall if necessary. The word wall will
include the vocabulary words above as well as any other words from the text
that the teacher feels the students should know.
During Reading: students will keep a vocabulary journal.
When a word is read that they do not know, they are to write it on one side of
the page with their prediction of what the word means. After the reading is
over the teacher will discuss with the students the true definitions of the
words the students have written down.
After Reading: The students will complete a popcorn review.
The teacher will randomly ask students questions about the text. The students
will also help create a timeline of Peter Roget’s life that led to the production
of the Thesaurus.
Writing Activity:
Students
will be creating their own thesaurus to use with their writing. The students
will review previous writing assignments and make note of the words they
commonly use throughout their writing. The students will then use a thesaurus
to find synonyms for their list of words. After this the students will write a
brief paragraph about how
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