Hopefully, Friday's class gave you further insight into what it's like to be a beginner reader. One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, Old Hat New Hat, The Cat in the Hat, The Foot Book, and Inside Outside Upside Down (and you may have read several others) all have distinct characteristics that make them good sources for improving a child's literacy skills.
Your assignment is to choose one book to analyze. Note the number of syllables used, the extent of the vocabulary, repetition of words, and use of rhyming. Was there a plot to the story? If so, explain. Who were the characters in the book? What was the gender of the characters?
How would this book help children with reading and language development? Explain. Also, in your opinion, what was the most complex book, the simplest book, the book that was easiest to memorize?
Answer the above questions in a well-developed paragraph, citing specific examples from your class worksheet.
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The book i chose was Old Hat, New Hat. It uses one word syllables and has minimal lines on each page. There is no two word syllables in the book because it is an easy reader. It does rhyme and has an abab rhyme scheme. It does make comparisons and contrast. For example, the bear compares a hat being too tight to too loose, or tall to flat. In addition to this information the central character is a little bear with no gender given. There was no specific plot but just the fact that the little bear was looking for a new hat and ends up with the one he started with anyway because he does not like the other hats. In this way, it helps the early learners to compare things against one another and get all kinds of details of a certain thing. They learn how everything is not set in stone as the hats were big, small, tall, feathery, dotted, etc. There is variety and the moral of the story is what you have is usually the one you like the best in the end.
The easiest book to read was Old Hat, New Hat. The most complex book was the Cat in the Hat Comes Back, and the easiest to memorize is the Foot Book. Thanks.
My choice for the book I want to analyze is “Green Eggs and Ham,” which was written by Dr. Seuss. This book is easy to read by all readers even those reading for the first time due to all the words in book except one are one syllable words. The vocabulary is quiet simple with the majority of the words being pronouns and prepositions and the length of the average word being three to four letters. There is a significant amount of repetition of words due to Dr. Seuss decision to compound all the previous verses at the end of presenting the new lines added to the chorus. Rhyming in the book was also heavily employed with internal rhyme within lines and every additional couplet having end rhyme. The plot of the story is Sam-I-Am’s attempts to get a grouchy well-to-do man to try green eggs and ham, which he finally convinces to try these eggs leading the unnamed character to love these special eggs and ham. The gender of these two characters is both male, but their actions overwhelming masculine and instead were male due to the reference in the text. This book would help children with reading and language development by establishing rhythm and rhyme into their reading, which is highly important for higher reading skills, and having the repetition to master the previous lines words by the time the child reaches the final chorus of the acceptance to eat green eggs and ham in all places and time. The most complex book in my opinion would be “Cat in the Hat Comes Back,” due to the several topic switches and quickness of the rhythm employed. The simplest book that we read was “Inside, Outside, Upside Down,” because each sentence averaged three to five words, with each sentence building on the previous sentence. The book that was easiest to memorize we decided was “Inside, Outside, Upside Down,” because each new sentence built on the previous established sentences with short details on a very simple plot line.
The book i am choosing to analyze is "Green Eggs and Ham" By, Dr Seuss. I believe this book is an easier book and good for a new reader. It uses almost all one syllable words except for the word anywhere, which is a two syllable word. There is a good amount of repetition in the book. They repeat Green eggs and ham as well as repeating all of the other places they could eat green eggs and ham in the previous pages. The plot of this story was Sam-I-Am's friend was trying to get Sam-I-Am to eat some green eggs and ham. At first Sam-I-Am refused to try them no matter where he was. At the end however Sam-I-Am gave in and tried the green eggs and ham and ended up liking them. I believe this book was teaching kids to try new things as well as teaching them how to read by using simple,1 syllable words that uses rhyming. There were two main characters in this book. One was not named, and Sam-I-Am, who were both male characters. This book would help children in reading and language development in many way. Dr. Seuss rhymes every word. This will help children associate sounds for other words. For example house and mouse. This will help them expand their vocabulary and make them be able to read more complex things in the future. Also he uses simple, one syllable words so children have a easier time reading them. Having repetition of the words from other pages will help children remember things from previous pages which will be helpful to them in the future.
In my opinion I believe the most complex book was "Cat in the Hat Comes Back" because they have more complex words and keep switching from one situation to another. I believe the simplest book to me was "Inside Outside Upside Down" because it uses two words per page and has pictures to show what they are reading. I also believe this book is the easiest to memorize because of the use of two words per page.
The majority of the syllables in "The Foot Book" had one. Though there were a few that had two, having small and simple words is a good way to keep the story clean and easy to understand. There wasn't much of a variety, but the words were very repetitive using the word "foot" in almost every line. The vocabulary is simple, yet descriptive and it is easy to memorize. There are no rhymes but has an obvious beat and rhythm which makes it fun to read. The book also did not have a specific storyline and mostly pointed out the opposites of things. The book contrasted different types of feet such as "wet feet" and "dry feet" or "low feet" and "high feet." The story has a variety of characters each possessing different kinds of feet, which are entertaining to look at. They are colorful and detailed making a clear picture of what the words are describing. Most of the characters were just animals and furry creations of Dr. Seuss not particular to any gender. It mainly focused on different descriptive words and their opposites. The "Foot Book" is a great way for young children to learn the concept of opposites and understand how things are different. For example, seeing how wet is different from dry and the height difference of low and high. Children can also learn colors, sizes, types of animals and how they are different from one another. It is also a simple and easy way to experience new vocabulary words that can help them describe what they see. For example, children can say that when they are in the tub, they have "wet feet". This book is a warm and inviting way to show that there is a place for everything and everything has a name.
The most complex book I found was "One Fish, Two Fish" because there are so many words to keep track of and understand. The simplest book was the "Foot Book" because it was very simple and it was also the easiest to memorize.
My favorite book growin gup was called My Many Color Days. This book has a different color on each page, along with an animal of that color, and a mood that is associated with the color. For example, Grey was a shark, and the entire page was colored different shades of grey and the shark was in a bad mood. They were the basic colors of the rainbow with simple animal names like bear and shark. The vocabulary was alittle more complex than the berenstein bears books but it was still quite simple for a young child to understand. The words were two to three syllables long. There was not much rhyming, but the way the author matched the name of the color with the actual color and an animals and mood that was associated with that color helped me to make a connection between the color and actual things. The easiest book that we read in class was definelty Inside, Outside, Upside Down. It repeated alot of words, had rhyming throughout the entire book, and th esyllables were all almost one for every word. The hardest book to read was definelty One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish because this book had so many different words but there was still a rhyming scheme throughout the entire book. There were one to two syllable words throughout the book, which made it a bit easier to read.
I choose "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" to analyze. The average number of syllables is around two although there are many three-letter words such as beautiful, butterfly, stomachache, salami, watermelon, and caterpillar. The vocabulary is somewhat more advanced than a Dr. Seuss book. The story refers to days of the week, different numbers of food, and metamorphosis of a caterpillar. There is not repetition or rhyme, but there is somewhat of a rhythm when the food, day, and number of foods eaten is written. Yes, there was a definite plot to this story. It follows a baby caterpillar on his journey to eat food and become fat. It shows children how caterpillars become butterflies by eating and building a cocoon. It also shows that eating a bunch of junk food will give you a stomachache. The character in the book was the caterpillar and it is referred to as a "he", although since it a is a bug it's not quite the same as a little boy. This book would definitely help reading and language, because it introduces numbers, foods, days of the week, and the scientific metamorphosis of a caterpillar
In my opinion the most complex book was "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish" because its long plot made no sense at all, and there were so many made up words. The simplest book was "Inside, Outside, Upside Down" because the title had almost the extent of all the words used in the book. It was short and very repetitious. I believe the easiest book to memorize is "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" because it is a simple understandable story that can be interpreted by looking at the pictures, and when I was a child this was the book that I "fake read" and impressed many adults.
The activity we did in class opened my eyes a little more into what it's like to be a beginner reader. The book I feel is the best to analyze is Old Hat New Hat. I feel that this book was also the easiest to read. It had mostly one syllable words such as round, tall and high. On occassion I saw two syllable words. The vocabulary was extremely easy considering that most of the words were very repetitive such as hat. Almost every line had hat in front of a word. I didn't observe a whole lot of rhyming but their was some such as small and tall. The whole plot of the story was for a male bear to find a new hat but figures out at the end that his old hat fits him best. The only gender in the book was male. I definitely think this book would be extremely effective on beginner readers because the words are so repetitive. When you repeat words so many times children will most likely eventually put meaning to them. Also the pictures in the book went along extremely well with all of the words. When their was a tall hat, they showed a tall hat. When their was a blue hat, they showed a blue hat. As I said earlier I feel this book was the easiest to read because of its small sentences and repetitiveness. Therefore I think that most children could memorize this book most easily because of its repetitiveness. On the other hand, I think almost all children would have an extremely hard time memorizing The Cat in the Hat Comes Back. I believe this is the hardest book. It had more syllables then most of the other books. Although the whole book rhymed, it had an extreme amount of words per sentence. As a child I learned better with 5 words per sentence. I feel if you give a child sentences that are too long, you start to lose their concentration. All together, it is effective to read to child. This way you can speed up their language development.
The Foot book by Dr. Seuss
The foot book by Dr. Seuss exhibits one to two syllable words; however, one syllable is more commonly used. The extent of the vocabulary is not terribly hard and is recommended by researchers to read together: 1 to 6; and be able to read by yourself: at 6 to 8 years of age. This book was very repetitive with words, especially foot, left and right. Every other page seemed to rhyme, and seemed like it had a beat. The book did not have a distinct plot at all. Though a name was not mentioned, the main character of the book is a fuzzy looking animal. Throughout the story the main character explores different feet. I researched what his name is and there is not answer to the question of what his name is. I believe the gender of the main character was male because all the books we read in class seemed to be unisex but sometimes have more boy characters. This book will help with reading and language development because it uses words that are opposite of each other to help them distinguish opposites like Left,right, wet, dry, up, down. The book also helps children with rhyming words, exploring feet, and over regularization to help the child explore their vocabulary and reading abilities like with the words foot and feet. Also besides the vocabulary, the book had wonderful pictures to help the child explore their imagination and have a visual of what the book is saying. In my opinion the most complex book was One fish, two fish because it was such a long story and sometimes had complex words and text. The simplest book was the foot book because it was short and had a lot of repetitive words. The easiest book to memorize had a tie with the foot book and the Inside Outside because the foot book had words like foot repeated constantly and consisted of 50 words. Inside Outside had a low variety of words throughout the story. The best plot is Green eggs and ham because they move from inside a cave to a box and to many more places. Overall, i believe this is a wonderful book to share with your children because it will definitely help them to read but also learn different concepts like opposites and rhyming.
The book I choose was The Cat in the Hat Comes Back! This story contained mostly one and two syllable words. The vocabulary in The Cat in the Hat Comes Back was more challenging than the vocabulary in other Dr. Seuss stories. Unlike, Old Hat, New Hat or One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, one word was not consistently repeated in The Cat in the Hat Comes Back, although some words did appear periodically. A few of the phrases in The Cat in the Hat Comes Back were a little tricky. While reading it aloud to my group, I even got confused with some of the phrasing used. Rhyming was used in The Cat in the Hat Comes Back. An example from the story is: “All that deep, deep, deep snow. All that snow had to go!!”
There was a plot to this story and that is why I feel this book was more interesting then some of the others. This story had a situation where the Cat in the Hat along with the children and little cats A, B, C . . .etc. had to come up with a solution to the situation before mother came back home. The main characters in the book were the Cat in the Hat, Sally, and the little boy. Interestingly enough, in this story, one gender was not dominant over the other. The characters were of the male and female gender and throughout the story; each had more than one appearance. This book would help children with reading and language development by introducing them to new vocabulary. In addition, words repeated periodically throughout the story give the child a chance to see the word used in different contexts. If the child was reading the book aloud, by repeating a word periodically throughout the book, they would be given multiple opportunities to learn how to pronounce the word correctly.
In my opinion, the most complex book was The Cat in the Hat Comes Back. The vocabulary, along with the phrasing, and the length of the book made this Dr. Suess story the most complex. The simplest book I would have to say was The Foot Book. The vocabulary was easy and the story was very, very repetitive. The Foot Book would be a good tool for breaking a child of Overregularization. The book switches periodically between foot and feet showing that the plural of foot is “feet” not “foots”. Last, I would say the book that was the easiest to memorize was Inside Outside Upside Down. It repeated what was said before adding something new to the sentence. This constant repetition of the words makes them easier to memorize.
-Felicia Gojmerac
I decided to analyze The Foot Book. In the Foot Book, there was 1 three syllable word, which was "twenty-four". There were 2 two syllable words which were "morning" and "fuzzy". All the rest of the words in the story were one syllable words.The vocabulary used in the story was easy(ex.right, feet, left, high, low, his, her).The word "feet" was repeated on every page. Also, the story repeated "left feet" and "right feet" a few times throughout the story. The words "more" and "many" were repeated occasionally as well. Each page rhymes throughout the whole book. I don't think there was a plot to the story. It just talks about all the different kinds of feet whether they are wet, furry, fuzzy, clown feet, etc. There was a lot of different characters in the book. Each character was a fuzzy looking creature that Dr. Seuss has created. Each character is a different color with different characteristics. I am not sure about the gender of these "creatures" but there are a boy and girl mentioned on one page of the story book. This book can help children with reading and language development in many ways. Since the word "feet" is mentioned on every page, kids can recognize the word and get practice with the word on every page. It also helps kids know the difference between the word "foot" and "feet". There are also many easy words to help kids start reading and pronouncing. I think it is a great book to start kids out with. I thought the most complex book was "One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish". I thought it was complex because it was very long and the words had there were many words with a few syllables. I thought the simplest book was "Inside Outside Upside down" because the vocabulary was very simple. I thought "The Foot Book" was the easiest to memorize because it rhymed on every page and the vocabulary was easy to pronunce.
I decide to analyze "Inside Outside Upside Down." The number of syllables used in this book was most two. The vocabulary was directionally based and very simple. Also, there were only a couple of words per page.Throughout the whole book there was a repetition of of the same words but not always in the same order.There was no use of rhyming in Inside Outside Upside Down but the repetition of words created a rhythm. There was no real plot to the story just describing the different ways brother bear was shipped in the box. Then at the end told his mom about his trip. The main character in this story was brother bear and a minor character was mam bear. The gender obviously being one male, one female.
This book would help children with reading because there weren't complex words and with the directions that were give the pictures matched. Then with the repetition of words the child learns the words as drills in phonics for language development. For me, the most complex book that I read was "One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish" just because the subject was changing almost every other page. Also, there were a lot of made up words. The simplest book, however, was "Inside Outside Upside Down." My group then read The Very Hungry Caterpillar. We all felt that the book was easiest to memorize because the plot was simple, it matched exactly the pictures. Reading all of these definitely reminded me what it was like being a beginner reader.
The words in "Old Hat New Hat" are mostly 2 syllables, but there are also many monosyllabic words and a few words with 3 syllables. The vocabulary is more complex, involving words that are less common, such as "feathery." There is rhyming, and there isn't really any repitition, except for "hat." There was a plot; a bear has an old hat, and he wants a new one. He tries on a lot of different new hats but doesn't like any of them. He realizes that his old hat is perfect and that he doesn't need a new one. The characters were male bears. This book would help kids with language development by exposing them to a variety of words that aren't too complicated for them to understand. The most complex book was "One Fish, Two Fish," the simplest was "The Foot Book," "The Cat in the Hat Comes Back" has the best plot, and "The Foot Book" was easiest to memorize because it's repetitive and it rhymes.
I chose to analyze the book “Green Eggs and Ham” by Dr. Seuss. The characters are Sam I Am and the other person. It is never named or specified what gender it is. Every word in this book has one syllable except for the word anywhere. Each of the words are small, which I think makes it easier for children to read. The words are also repeated multiple times so children can recognize them when they see them again in the book. For example “I do not like green eggs and ham,” and “Sam I Am” are said many times throughout the story. The story also rhymes a lot. Some examples of this are: “Would you eat them in a box? Would you eat them with a fox?” and, ” I would not like them here or there. I would not like them anywhere. I do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like them, Sam-I-am.” There isn’t really much of a plot. This book is probably the easiest to memorize because it repeats itself so much. It helps with language development because of its repetition and small words. The simplest book was One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish because it uses simple description words that the pictures help the kids to read. The most complex book was ABC because it had larger words, and it was like tongue twisters because of the alliteration.
There's a Wocket in my Pocket
This book is very simple for beginner readers. Most of the words use one or two syllables, but some of the words are a bit advanced. It mentions chimneys, bureau, toothbrush, and cupboards, which maybe a level too high for beginners. There's not repetion at all; the book is mainly a list of housold items, and strange creatures are around everyone. The names of these creatures are not real words, but made up words to force the rhyming. These creatures have no gender indicated towards them, but they have the appearance of being male, as the main character is also male. The story has really no plot to it. It lists all these things that are around the little boy's house, but he states some he could live with, and some without, and at the end he says that's the way he lives and doesn't want to leave it. It's more of a moral than a plot.
This book helps with reading because the words are general pretty simple, and can help with the different sounds that letter combinations can make, for instance, certain and bureau. The words are everyday items, and the sentences have good grammatical structure that can help with language development. Because this book is simplistic, it can be easily memorized, but The Very Hungry Caterpillar would be the easiest to memorize. It was mostly just an amount of food the caterpillar ate on a specific day. Old Hat New Hat would be the simplest, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish being the most complex. Old Hat New Hat was all differnt one-syllable adjectives describing a hat, all rhyiming with each other. One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish started out talking about fish, then skipped randomly to other animals and objects, and was way too long to keep a child's attention thorugh the entire story. Although half of There's a Wocket in my Pocket is made up of fake words, it still is a good beginner book. It's simple enough to follow and entertaining by the names of all the characters.
The story Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss uses one syllable words throughout the entire story with the exception of the word anywhere, which has three. Words in this story were very repetitive and were repeated at a minimum of two times. Other words such as in the phrase, "I do not like them Sam I Am" were used many times. The plot of the story was fairly simple, to make someone eat green eggs and ham. There were two main characters in the book. Both characters were neutral, although I would have guessed that they were male. The rest of the characters were fairly neutral. In all, the characters in the story were neutral, but more leaning towards a male gender. This book would help with language development by teaching children simple one syllable vocabulary words and their meanings. An example could be that the child learns to connect the word green with the color. It would also help to rid of overgeneralization. In my opinion, the most complex book was One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish. The vocabulary was more difficult with one and two syllable words. The simplest book was The Foot Book because while there were one and two syllable words, the vocabulary was very simple. It was also the easiest to memorize because of the repetition of the word feet. Old Hat New Hat could also be fairly easy to memorize.
The book that I chose to analyze was Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss. In the book, there are two characters, Sam-I-Am and another character that remains unnamed, both appear to be male. Throughout the story, Sam tries to get the other character to try green eggs and ham, but the other character refuses until the very end of the story. This book is relatively easy for children to read, utilizing simple words with only one or two syllables. This book also uses much repetition at the end of each line to help children learn the words faster and to reemphasize the plot of the story. This story could help children with reading and language development by allowing to let the reader hear the rhyming sounds of certain words and match the words and places with the corresponding pictures. I think that this book had the best developed plot. It would be possible to memorize because it was so repetitive. The most complex book that I read was One Fish Two Fish, because it often used larger words, had no plot, and made up words like "Wump." I think that the easiest book to memorize was either the Foot Book or the Inside, Outside book, because each line usually ended in the same way. Overall, these books help make reading fun for kids and are also important for proper reading and language development.
I chose the book Old Hat New Hat. It used only one and two syllable words in the story. The vocabulary was very simple and easy for a little kid to understand. It repeated the word hat throughout the entire book and it also rhymed on every page. There wasn’t much of a plot in the story. It was about one the mama Berenstein bear trying out all different kinds of hats and the bear ends up liking the original hat it started out with. The gender of the characters were the one female mother bear and all the workers in the hat store were all male. This book helps teach kids language development by helping them understand how to describe different types of the same things. It showed that even though all the hats were different they were all still hats. In my opinion The most complex book I read was One Fish Two Fish Three Fish, the simplest book was Inside Outside Upside Down, and the book that was easiest to memorize was the Footbook.
The children's book Green Eggs and Ham is a good source for improving a child’s literacy skills. The words each contained one syllable, with the exception of one 2-syllable word. The vocabulary used is simple and basic, and the words “like” and “them” are used repeatedly. The entire book also rhymes. There was also a creative plot in this story. One of the two main characters, named Sam-I-Am, tries to get the other character to eat green eggs and ham. Eventually the character eats the green eggs and ham and realizes that he actually enjoyed them. The characters in this book are both neutral and male. Overall, this book has been successful and is said to be one of the bestselling English children’s books of all time. This book helps children with language development because of its fifty simple vocabulary words, with the exception of the word “anywhere.” In my opinion, the most complex book was The Cat in the Hat Comes back; the simplest book was Old Hat, New Hat; and the book that was easiest to memorize was The Foot Book.
The book I am going to analyze is Inside Outside Upside-down. This book was one of the simplest books I read. The syllables ranged to one to two syllables but the words were simple and could be read and comprehended by a child. The vocabulary was simple and was mostly direction terms. If a child did not know the word, he/her could quickly understand it’s meaning by the picture shown. Words were repeated on almost every page, every word was used more than once in the book. The plot was about a boy bear inside a box and the different motions he goes through before he returns home. The main character was the young boy bear and on the last page of the story you see his mother. This book would be really good for reading and language development. The sentences are short and the words are simple or can be understood quickly if the child does not know its meaning prior to reading.
The simplest book I read was this book, Inside Outside Upside-down. The most complex was defiantly One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish. It was very chaotic and I myself had a hard time following the story. The Very Hungry Caterpillar was the story with the best plot. The easiest to memorize was New Hat Old Hat or The Foot Book.
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish.
the number of syllables per word are mostly one. the sentances are between 6-8 words per sentance. the vocabulary is very basic words with many of them ending with the same sound. there is ryming throughout the entire book. there is no plot but the book is gender neutral. there are animals mostly fish and a camel. there is also a little boy and little girl.
yes i do think this book would help with language development because there is a lot of repition of similar sounds. also i think it will hold the kids attention because is rymes.
this book i thought was the easiest to read and understand. i also thought is was the easist to memorize. the hardest book, in my opinion was, inside outside upside down. it was very confusing even to me! i feel that it would not help kids learn in anyway.
old hat, new hat
There are between 1 and 3 syllables per word in this book. The sentences are between 1 and 2 words but mostly 2. There is a lot a repetition and most of the book rhymes. The setting is at the hat store but other than that there is no plot. There were 2 characters in the book, but they had no names and they were both male. This book would help children with reading and language development because it uses a lot of adjectives and the words flow because of the rhyming and repetition. The hardest book to read was inside, outside, upside, down. The simplest book was old hat, new hat because the sentences were short and there was a lot of repetition. The book that was easiest to memorize was old hat, new hat because the sentences are short and it talks about the same thing the whole time so it would be easy to remember.
Green Eggs and Ham is a classic Dr. Seuss book. All its works are one syllable with one acception, “anywhere.” This makes it easy for the beginner readers to understand because the words are very complex. The vocabulary is pretty simple. It has many different places and objects that Sam does not want to eat green eggs and ham at. It also has a lot of negatives like “no” and “wont,” teaching the kids negatives. This book constantly repeats words, Sam repeats green eggs and ham innumerable times. There is also rhyming on mostly every line, making it easier for the children to get the flow of the words easier. The plot of Green Eggs and Ham is trying to get Sam to try green eggs and ham after he refuses numerable times he finally tries it and loves it. The characters were men in the book. I think this will teach children about rhyming, negative words, and some of the words of places and things talked about. I think the most complex book was One Fish Two Fish, because it was long, and had some difficult words. I think the simplest book was Old Hat, New Hat because it had simple words that were repeated a lot. I think the book that was easiest to memorize was Green Eggs and Ham because the book constantly repeats the same lines.
- Gabrielle Robinson
"The Cat In The Hat Comes Back" by Dr. Seuss is an excellent example of a book which aids in language development. Throughout the book, the words contained one, two, and three syllables. There was slight repetition and the words did rhyme. This was one of the only stories with a real plot. The Cat in the Hat comes over to Sally and Conrad's home while they shovel snow. He invites himself inside and makes a pink ring in the tub, which he cleans off, but spreads various other places throughout the house. He gets his "little cats" A-Z to help him clean the mess. (This helps children with ABCs). "The Cat In The Hat Comes Back" seems to have specific genders for the characters. In my opinion, this was the most complex book because of its length and use of a few three syllable words. The simplest to comprehend, and easiest book to memorize was "The Foot Book" also by Dr. Seuss because of its simple and repetitious use of words.
There are many children’s books that help teach children how to read, expand vocabulary, recognize words, enhance comprehension, and understand the context that is read. “Old Hat, New Hat” is a Berenstain Bear book that uses many aspects to help a child read. In this book, there are only one or two syllables in each word. This is important for young readers because it gives them the ability to sound out words and concentrate on pronouncing the words correctly. There is somewhat of a restricted vocabulary in this book, but of the words used there is a broad array of adjectives used to describe different kinds of hats in the story. Words are repeated more than once, particularly the word “hat,” and simple words are used. Rhyming is also used with almost every other word rhyming with one another. Repetition and rhyming are important to include in beginner’s books because they help with recognition of words, pronunciation, and rules of grammar. The book included a simple plot, with Mama Berenstain Bear searching for a new hat to wear. She tries on a number of different hats, each with a different adjective to describe it. The characters in the book include Mama and Papa Berenstain Bear with some pages including Brother Berestain Bear. There are two males and one female in this book. “Old Hat, New Hat” is a favorable book for new readers and beginners. It uses small, simple words that children can sound out and includes many adjectives to describe the hats, which aids in the learning of grammar. Rhyming also helps with reading because it helps with language development and the expansion of new vocabulary. There are many other children’s books that aid in language and reading development, although some are harder than others. In my opinion, the most complex book read was “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish” because it contains a variety of different short stories and ideas, there is a broad vocabulary, and there is not much repetition. I thought the simplest book was “Inside, Outside, Upside Down” because there are very few words and all of them are simple. I also think that the easiest book to memorize is “The Foot Book” because there is a lot of repetition with simple words and each page rhymed, making it easy to remember.
I choose the book, "If You Give A Mouse A Cookie." In this book, there is alot of repitition of words like mouse, cookie, milk, give, ask, etc, but the vocabulary is a bit complex and the words use up to 4 syllables (ex. comfortable), but all the words in the book would be familiar to little kids. There wasn't much rhyming. THe plot was pretty simple, it talked of a mouse coming into one's house, and asking for a glass of milk, which makes him want a cookie, which makes him want to look in the mirror, which makes him want a pair of scissors to trim his whiskers, then he wants to nap, and draw a picture, and goes on like that until the mouse realizes he's thirsty and wants a glass of milk (again). This book has alot of pictures, which helps the reader to realize whats going on, and helps the reader to match the mouse's actions/pictures to the words that it follows. It is also relatable, because what child does not want a cookie?! And the plot line is interesting. There is a boy in the book, and the mouse seems more masculine than feminine, but it is not necessarily an entirely masculine book, because this plot line could apply to and be enjoyed by either gender.
In class, I think that the most complex book was One Fish, Two Fish because it was very long and confusing and it jumped around from idea to idea without giving much of a segway. I think that the Footbook was easiest to memorize and the most simplistic because it not only has a beat and every other page rhymes,but the pictures depict what's going on and the colors and words that are used are very familiar.
The book Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss is entirely one-syllable words, with the only exception of the word “anywhere.” Most of the vocabulary is describing places that the characters were, or describing different situations and directions as well. The vocabulary also tells the reader what the characters are feeling and thinking. Repetition is also used a lot in this book as seen in the repeating lines of “I would not eat them,” “I do not like them,” etc. Every line or every other line rhymes, which helps children to learn and memorize the book faster, which in turn aids in developing reading skills. The plot of the story is the character Sam-I-am trying to convince the other character to try these green eggs and ham. The character is persistent and insists that no matter where he is or who he is with, he would not like the green eggs and ham. However, when Sam-I-am finally gets him to try them, he changes his mind and says that he now loves them. The only character in the book that is named is Sam-I-am, and the other main character is the character who denies the green eggs and ham. Both of these characters seem to be male. This book will help children learn because it exposes them to different places and things that the character says he would still not like the green eggs and ham. The repetition of words with rhyming lines help children learn through practice and memorization. The book One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish might be the most complex of the Dr. Seuss books that our group read, because it is longer and involves a lot of different scenes and new scenarios that a child might be unfamiliar with. There is no real plot that a child could follow. The simplest book was Old Hat New Hat because it was a short story of a list of different hats, and the words rhymed and there were pictures below that showed what the word was describing. The one that was easiest to memorize is probably Old Hat as well, because the pictures could assist the child if they forgot what comes next.
I think that the story “Green Eggs and Ham” is a great book to help a young child learn to read as well as to develop an understanding for grammar and sentence structure. It is clear that this story was developed for young children with the very simplistic vocabulary it contained. Every word was a one syllable word, with “anywhere” being the only exception. This book differed from many of the others because it was arranged in Question/Answer format which shows the child a wider variety of sentence structures. It was also made up of full sentences that contained proper punctuation; some were short simple sentences, while others were long and complex. By presenting a young child with a variety of sentence structures and formats, it enables the child to absorb more from an early age while their brains are still developing. “Green Eggs and Ham” contained a lot of repetition of the main words, and the vocabulary consisted of words that the child would know such as box, train, and car. This would help further the learning process because they could see words they know properly used in a sentence over and over again. The rhyming technique was also used throughout the story, which helps to learn and understand the material better. There was a plot, although it was not developed very much. The main character was being asked over and over if he liked green eggs and ham, and if he would like them in specific locations. The scenery of the book was constantly changing, which could easily help keep a toddler’s attention. Although the characters appear to be neutral because they are not real people, we do know that one character’s name is Sam who appears to be a male. The other character is not referred to as either a boy or girl.
In my opinion the most complex story was “The Cat and the Hat Comes Back” and the simplest was “Old Hat, New Hat”. I think that “The Foot Book” would be most easily memorized because of its true lack of plot and its repetition of simple words.
The book i choose the analyze is ABC. The number of syllables per word was 2-3. The vocabulary used alliteration which most of the words started with the same sounds. This story was a tongue twister even for my age. Through out the story it used rhyming. There was no plot to the story. The basic idea to the story was using the phonics approach. It broke down all the letters and used words that started with those letters. It went through all the ABC's. The gender used in this story was male. The ssimplest book was 1 fish 2 fish red fish blue fish. The most complex was ABC. Finally, the book that is easy to memorize is green eggs and ham because of its repitition.
Dr. Seuss is arguably one of the greatest children's book writers of all time. One of the best books by Dr. Seuss is The Cat in the Hat Comes Back. The book should be easy for most children to understand. It has the best plot of all the books read in class and a majority of the words rhyme. The book tells a story of the Cat that is inside a house. Many problems arise from the Cat eating a pink cake in the bathtub with the water running. The book tells of this and the events that follow in attempts to clean the mess left behind. Most of the characters in the books are male, but there is a female presence here and there throughout. In the Cat in the Hat Comes Back there are alot of animals as well. Just about every word is one syllabe which will make for easy reading. There is a decent amount of new words that are introduced to the children throughout the book that some could find confusing. There is no repetition of words which means there is more vocabulary in the book for the children to learn. This book could help children learn to read because of the set up. Dr. Seuss made sure that there was a good plot for kids to follow and understand. Although some words are new and nonrepetetive, a majority are one syllabe which makes for easy reading and learning. Also, the illustrations in the book will help the children further understand what is happening. In my opinion, the easiest book to memorize was Inside, Outide, Upside Down. The simplest book was the Foot Book and the most complex book was One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish.
Red Fish Blue Fish
1. # of syllables- 1, 2, 3
2. extent of vocab- desriptive words, counting
3. repitition of words- a lot of repitition
4. use of rhyming- every other line
There was not a plot but it does talk about all the fish in the story, what they are doing, and describes all of them. There aren't any characters, just a lot of fish. It would help children with counting, and has a lot of adjectives, like colors, to describe the fish and their emotions.
most complex book- red fish blue fish
simplest book- old hat new hat
easiest to memorize- old hat new hat
The Cat and the Hat Comes Back by Dr. Seuss is the sequel to the classic book The Cat and the Hat which was written to help young children’s reading skills. The story focuses on Cat, who returns to the house he had visited in the previous book, and the trouble he causes while there. This cute and quirky book uses simple one syllable words and repetition that is perfect for beginner readers. The easy words and rhyme schemes are sure to help children not only pronounce and decipher words and sentences, but also understand the story line. The characters in the book consist of a young girl and boy and an ambiguous cat.
In my opinion On Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish was the most complex book, Inside Outside Upside Down was the simplest book, and The Foot Book was the easiest to memorize.
The book I chose to describe was "Old Hat, New Hat." It was a simple book that used many one syllable and two syllable words. In the beginning, the story started out only using one syllable words; however, as the story progressed, more two syllable words were present. The vocabulary was very basic and there was much repetition throughout the story, especially the word "too." There was also rhyming in every other page, and there are many simple descriptive adjectives. The basic plot of the story was that the boy went to go buy a hat and tried on many wrong hats until he realized the perfect hat was the one he came in wearing. The gender of the man character was male & all the characters in the story were also male. This book helps children recognize and memorize their adjectives. Out of the stories I read, I thought the most simple book was "Old Hat, New Hat;" the most complex book was, "Green Eggs and Ham;" the book with the best plot was "The cat and the Hat Comes Back," and the book that was easiest to memorize was "The Foot Book."
Book: I Am Blessed by Grace Maccarone
I chose the book I Am Blessed to analyze. The is a short book about the ways you are blessed. Most words are two to three syllable words, nothing too complicated for say a two year old. The vocabulary is very simple. The book does make use of numbers to count things, and colors to describe things. There is a lot of repetition of the word blessed. There is a repetition through out of the phrase, “I count the ways that I am blessed.” The book uses rhyme throughout mostly in couplets. I think this may be to keep the child’s attention. There is a plot to the story, but it is not very complicated. The main character is a little boy and you can tell this through the pictures that go along with the story. There is also a cat that appears throughout in the pictures, and other children and family members are also pictured. I think this book would help with reading and language development because exemplifies how to make use of adjectives along with nouns in the sentences. Note: I was not at school at Friday and did not receive a worksheet so I could not cite specific examples from the worksheet or the books used in class.
The book I chose to analyze is the"Foot Book". I found this book the easiest to read, with most of the words one syllable. There were few words with two syllables, and on majority of pages the word foot is repeated. The book rhymed and with the word foot repeated many times I also thought this to be one of the easier books to memorize. The illustrations are colorful and appealing to children and the characters are male. The "Foot book" is ideal for children because it shows the differences between left and right feet, it contains colors, and helps with basic reading skills. I believed the most complex book to be " One fish Two fish Red fish Blue fish", the longest story of the ones we read.
One of my favorite childhood books was most definitely "Green Eggs And Ham"! I would ask my mom to read me that book all the time! The book was very fun because all of the sentences rhymed, I think at one point I had the whole book memorized! The vocabulary was simple and easy to understand, and almost every word was only one syllable so it was primo for young learners. The words eat, green, eggs, ham, Sam, I and am appear over and over throughout the story. Most of the other words were things with which to eat green eggs and ham, such as a fox or a mouse, and places in which to eat green eggs and ham, such as a box or a house, and simple verbs. There is a plot to the story, in my opinion, and it is the fact that even if something is new and different, you should try it because you may like it. As Sam-I-Am pesters the skeptical main character, both male, the main character continuously refuses to eat green eggs and ham, until the very end when he finally tastes it and, lo and behold, he loves it! I think this book is perfect for helping young children learn reading and language development because of the structure of the book. The one syllable words make it easy to pronounce, and the commonly used vocabulary and repetition help with understanding. Even if the child cannot pick up the book and read it, memorization is possible and is a great step in learning to read. I thought the most complex book that we read in class was probably "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish". The words were somewhat hard to string together into a sentence. The simplest book was "Old Hat, New Hat"; the vocabulary was merely common adjectives and the word hat. Definitely the easiest book to memorize was "Inside Outside Upside Down" - it had the least amount of words and even the words that were in it were quite simple and easy to remember.
The story I choose is Green Eggs and Ham. In terms of vocabulary they were all short simple words with one syllable. There is only one three- syllable word: anywhere. They repeated many words, and they all rhymed. There were many pictures with each sentence that showed what the sentence was saying. There was not a plot in this store. The main name in this story was Sam. Which is both a male and female name. The pictures do not really show one specfic gender. I think this book can help with young children as they are learning about small simple words and with sentences. The most complex book, I feel, is The Cat In The Hat. It has many complex sentences compared to other books. The simplest book would either be the Foot Book or Green Eggs and Ham.
The book The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss uses repetition to help a child understand the difference between foot and feet. This book rhymes throughout the whole story. Seuss used opposites to get the point across about the different types of feet. Seuss uses foot and feet to help a child not use over-regularization with the word foot. This book would be very easy to memorize because it uses rhyme and one-syllable words, which are easier for a child to memorize. The vocabulary in this story is very easy and uses a lot of sight words. The Foot Book didn’t have a very strong plot. The characters in this book contained more animals than kids. Out of all the books we read in class, The Foot Book, in my opinion, was the simplest and the easiest to remember. The most complex book and the book that had best plot that we read was The Cat in the Hat Comes Back. In all the books I felt that the characters were mostly males.
so the book im going ot use is called "The bearstien bears inside, outside, upside down". The vocab was very easy, they repeated upside down, inside and outside a lot. there was little rhyme. Let a lone there realy wasnt many words. There was no real plot, just a story about a bear in a box and his daddy bear put him onto a truck and drove him around, and he eventually goes back home. the @ main characters were both boy bears and then at the end mama bear makes an appearance. It would help with reading and language development because it would help them understand the meanings of "upside down" by the pictures they should and that they say the same words on almost every page. repition helps children remeber and develop language. the most complex book to ready was "one fish, two fish, three fish. really complex and random no reall story line, really long, kids would lose attention not easy to remember. "it would hop from fish to lamas" the simplest book was "inside outside upside down" book. the easiest to memorize is the easiest to read. it was just a quick book that was too the point the inside outside upside down book was a good small and easy book to read we flew right through it.
Old Hat New Hat used both one and two syllable words. It contained all telegraphic sentences repeating the word “too”. The two-word sentences place emphasis on the descriptive words in each sentence. From the book children would learn to associate adjectives with pictures. The book had some rhymes in it, but it was not really relevant to the plot. The book also gave examples of contrasting adjectives, such as short and tall, big and small. Even though the characters were bears, they appeared to be males because of their size and clothes they were wearing. They had on shirts, ties, and overalls, and they were trying on hats. There wasn’t much of a plot to the story. It was just about a young bear trying on different kinds of hats until he found the right one.
In my opinion, Old Hat New Hat was the simplest of all the books because it was just like reading a list of words. The Cat in the Hat Comes Back was the most complex because it had longer sentences with a more complex vocabulary. It contained past tense verbs and words with silent vowels. There was dialogue and the amount of syllables per word varied from 1-3. The Foot Book was the easiest to remember because it was just a book of opposites and repetition of the words “foot” and “feet”.
The book that I chose to analyze is "Green Eggs and Ham". Throughout the book, with the exception of the word "anywhere", all of the words are one syllable words. The vocabulary is very simple, using no complex or difficult words. There is a great deal of repetition, whole paragraphs are repeated page after page, so much to the point that one could practically have it memorized by the end of the story. The rhyming is typically seen in the end words for two lines straight before it switches. The plot of this story was Sam-I-Am trying to convince the main character to try green eggs and ham. He refuses throughout the entire story no matter how many times Sam asks him. Finally, at the end, he agrees to try the green eggs and ham and ends up loving them. The characters of this book where Sam-I-Am, who is male, and the main character who is male also. This book would help with language development because of the repetition and simple vocabulary. It is not hard to read, therefore chidren will not get frustrated and give up. Also, with the rhyming, it is funny and fun to read, which would keep a child's attention.
In my opinion, the hardest book to read was "Old Hat, New Hat", because of its complex vocabulary. The simplist book was "The Foot Book", because of its easy vocabulary and short sentences. The easiest to memorize was "Green Eggs and Ham" because of how much repetition was used.
The book one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish used many one syllable words throughout. There may have been more than one syllable in some but not many. The vocabulary in the book was very simple and there was a large use of small words. The words in the story are repeated quite often and there is a large use of alliteration and rhyming. There was no plot to this particular story. This book would help with language and vocabulary development because it institutes the use of small words that children will be able to understand and maybe re-pronounce on their own. The most complex book was The Cat in the Hat because bigger words were used with more syllables. The simplest was The Foot Book because the words were very small and there would be a small challenge to reading it. In my opinion, the book that was easiest to memorize was One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish.
The book “Old Hat New Hat” was generally the simplest sentence structured book. It consisted of primarily 2 word sentences composed of the word too and an adjective. It also contained many one syllable words and few 2 syllable words which were primarily adjectives. There was not much of a plot just descriptions and the pictures with the descriptions, which helped the child, associate the two. This book helped with language development by associating picture with adjectives. There was only one character in the book and it was a boy but gender did not seem to play a role in the plot of the story. Rhyming was present with every other “Sentence”. In my opinion, “The Cat in the Hat Comes Back“ the most complex book because it had the most complex sentences and they plot was very long and detailed. I believe “Old Hat New Hat” was the simplest book because the sentences were the shortest and there was no major plot. The easiest book to memorize would be “The Foot Book” because it had the simple sentences and the most repletion of the words foot and feet.
The Foot Book
This book uses mostly one syllable words that rhyme throughout the book. "foot/feet" were very repetitive in this book, but the vocabulary was extensive in the fact that the adjectives were different when describing the feet. However, the adjectives were fairly simple and the words were most likely familiar to the reader. There was not a plot in this book and most of the characters were "things" without a gender. However, there was a page that mentioned "his feet, her feet" and above this reference there was a picture of a boy and a girl with a bow in her hair.
This book does a lot to help children with reading and language development. It will help introduce the child to the idea of exceptions to grammatical rules by saying "foot" and "feet" instead of foots. Also, the main vocabulary of this book was adjectives that described the feet. On the pages, there were pictures that illustrated the adjectives. I think this would help the child expand their vocabulary.
Old Hat New Hat seemed to be the hardest book because it had a lot of two syllable words like "frilly, holey, feathery." These words are harder for children to pronounce and they are not used that often in regular day to day speech. Consequently, this book helps to introduce new words that children would not usually have come into contact with that early in their development.
I think parts of One Fish Two Fish would be easier to memorize but because of some of the complex parts like the "Wump gump" page, the "Inside Outside Upside Down" or "The Foot Book" would be easier to memorize because of the illustrations and simple one syllable vocabulary throughout the pages.
The Foot Book
The Foot book by Dr. Sues is a great way for kids to start using simple vocabulary words. This book (usually) uses words that are no bigger than one syllable and small repetitive words. The book also uses rhyming and integrates colorful characters to make it a more enjoyable learning experience for children. The book is gender neutral - using male and female characters. In my opinion, the most complex book was The Cat in the Hat Comes back, due to the more extensive vocabulary. I think the simplest book is The Foot Book is the simplest, using one syllable words. The easiest book to memorize, in my opinion, is Green Eggs and Ham due to repetition.
My favorite book as a child was "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss. This book has a very simple vocabulary with only fifty words throughout the whole book. Many of the words are similar and rhyme. For example, ham, Sam, and am. This allows the child to realize that many words are very similar but with one different letter, can change the entire words meaning. The fact that the book has so few but similar words will allow the child to focus on few words but at the same time, noticing the differences between them. This book has one of the best plots out of all of the books we read. I didn’t get to read all of it, but from what I can remember as a child, there are two male characters. One of the characters, Sam, is trying to get the other character to eat the green eggs and ham, following him in everything he does. In my opinion, the most complex book is “One Fish, Two Fish” because there is no point to the book, and there are many two syllable words. The simplest book is “Old Hat, New Hat” because the book is all descriptive words, with a picture underneath. If you are unsure of a word, you can use the picture to help. The easiest book to memorize is "Inside, Outside, Upside down" because on each page there is only one or two words, and you can judge where the person is compared to the box to tell the story.
In the book "Inside Outside Upside Down", the story mostly revolves around the adventure of a young bear as he gets trapped inside a box and goes on an adventure before returning home. His father i in the beginning and end of the story and his mother also makes an appearance. The story used mostly two syllable words that were easy to understand and were also very repetitive. While it was not particularly filled with rhyming words, most of the words sounded similar. The book would help with language development because it told a story with as few words as possible and also repeated many of the words several time all throughout the story. A child would easily be able to recognize the repetition of words and gather their meaning through the context of the story. In my opinion, this story was the simplest book because of it's repetitive nature and simple storyline. Because it was not filled with rhymes, I didn't feel that it was the easiest to memorize and instead thought that "The Foot Book" was the easiest story to memorize. "The Foot Book" was filled with repeated rhyming words and it was more about the language and how the words were used rather than a storyline. The most complex book, in my opinion, was "One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish." While this book also rhymed with one syllable repeated words, it was a long story for a child to listen to if it does not have a storyline.
The book I’m analyzing is Green Eggs and Ham. All of the words used in the book were one syllable words. There’s not too many different words used in the story it was mostly repetitive. Most of the words were used places, animals and the name Sam, and green eggs and ham. The book had rhyming words every other line. There actually was a plot in this short book, it was that this character was trying to feed Sam-I-Am the green eggs and ham and he kept refusing saying he did not like green eggs and ham. In the end he has it and decides that he actually likes it. The genders of the characters were male. This book teaches a storyline, rhyme scheme, and repetition of simple words to young kids. In my opinion the One Fish, Two Fish, book seemed to be the most complex. I think the simplest book was The Foot book. And the book that was easiest to memorize was Green Eggs and Ham.
One of the beginner books that I read for the assignment was The Foot Book. The Foot Book used very basic vocabulary. Nearly all the words in the book were one syllable, simple ones. Also, almost all the words were repeated several times throughout the book. There were few words on each page, which made the books simpler to read for beginning readers. Rhyming was also used throughout this book, which would positively influence children’s reading skills. The book does not have a particular plot, but it does describe many different situations with feet. It helps with knowledge of opposites (such as left and right) and it helps children recognize plural nouns that do not follow the rule (such as the plural of ‘foot’ is ‘feet’). The book has a bear like creature, which appears to be a boy. In my opinion, this book was the simplest book I read because it dealt with very few words and the words it did have, were very simple. The most complex book I read was Cat in the Hat. It had several sentences on almost every page and used many different words. The book I read that was easiest to memorize was Green Eggs and Ham because the rhyming was really good and it used memorable and repetitive lines.
The book I am choosing to analyze is Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss. The book is quite simple as it uses close to only fifty different words in the whole book. Mostif not all of the words are one syllable only making it easy and very understandbale for children. The vocabulary is not very deep but rather simple but good variety of different words. The book constanly rhymes to make it more enjoyable and easier for children to read or listen to. The plot of the story is "Sam-I-Am" or Sam whom I think is a boy has green eggs and ham and begs an unnamed character to taste it the entire book through many different situations. Finally the character tries it and likes it. This book can help with language development because of the way it presents the words in simple sentences and the plot of the story being very simple. The most complex book we read in class was The Cat and The Hat, it had many more words than the others. The simplest book was the Foot Book, and finally I thought the easiest book to memorize was Green Eggs and Ham because the story has a rythmatic flow and can is easy to comprehend.
The story green eggs and ham is one of many typical Dr.Seuss books. This children's book contains almost all one syllable words. From beginning to end he repeated many words and also rhymed about every other line. He made sure to use simple words like mouse and house, and fox and box. This story had a good plot that taught a lesson to children. This lesson is that you will never know if you like something unless you try it. There are two characters in the book, the first is unnamed and the second is Sam-I-Am. I believe that both characters are male. The most complex book was One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish. The Simplest was inside outside upside down. The book easiest to memorize was The Foot Book. I believe green Eggs and Ham is a good book for language development because it teaches kids simple vocabulary by the use of repetition and at the same time has a good plot that would interest the child making him/her want to read it over and over again.
DOMINIC FANNON
Green Eggs and Ham contains all one syllable words with the exception of the word "anywhere." The vocabulary of the book is extremely easy as well. It uses many sight words along with very basic words such as mouse and fox. Words and sentences were very often repeated and the story did rhyme. There was a very basic plot to the story which was Sam trying to get his friend to try the green eggs and ham. In the end, his friend tries them and likes them. Although the characters could arguably be gender-neutral (as Sam is both a male and female name), the characters do both appear to be male. This book could help children to read by giving them sight words which they understand along with new words such as "anywhere." This would ultimately make reading more enjoyable for them and the repetition helps to enforce these new words. Probably the most difficult book was One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish. The simplest and most easy to memorize was The Foot Book.
The book that I chose was "How The Grinch Stole Christmas". This story had many monosyllabic words. The longest syllable words were three syllables like "tomorrow" and "wonderful". The vocabulary was definitely mixed and ranged from one-syllable words to three syllable words. There was repetition such as "noise", "feast", and "took". As the plot continues, the rhyming did as well. Each page rhymed extensively and the plot was very well-written. The story starts with the Grinch planning on "taking" Christmas away from the Whos by dressing as Santa. He steals everything from their presents to their food. At the end of the story he takes the stolen goods "to the top of Mt. Crumpit to dump it" but, then he hears the Whos singing. He learns that Christmas isn't about material things but it's about being together. While the Grinch was male, Cindy Lou Who(the character who catches the Grinch stealing) is a female. This story certainly helps with reading because it presents children with a challenge and allows them to hear words that rhyme. The language includes basic words and words that are more complex. Also, after reading the books in class I believe that the simplest book was 'Inside, Outside, Up Side' since the words were not much of a challenge. The most complex was 'One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish' because it had a lot of variety. If I had to choose one to memorize it would be 'The Foot Book' because it rhymes and the book is fairly simple.
I think my favorite of the children books we read in class was The Cat in the Hat Comes Back. The book told a very creative story while still being simple and easy to understand. It used very very basic words that it repeated a lot and even threw in some simple rhyming. The plot was excellent for a children's book. It was about the cat helping two children remove a red stain, but they ended up with a much bigger stain that was on almost everything. The cat does not have a gender and the two kids were one boy and one girl. I do think this book helps children's language development because of its intriguing story and simple vocabulary.
The most complex book we read was probably Red Fish Blue Fish One Fish Two Fish. This is because of it's length and all of the made up words in it. The simplet book was the book about the hats, and the easiest to memorize was The Foot Book because of it's brevity and rhyming.
The book I read in class on Friday was Green Eggs and Ham. The plot of the story was to try and get Sam-I-Am, a character in the story, to eat green eggs and ham. In the story Sam-I-Am would not try them anywhere no matter what. At the end of the story he realizes it doesn't hurt to try new things and Sam-I-Am ends up liking green eggs and ham.
Zach Drummond
My personal favorite book was old hat new hat. The story was basically about a man trying on hats. The words were almost all one or two syllables. Also, the majority of the words were adjectives, describing the type or color of the hat. Just about every other word rhymed which would make children want to read more. It has a good flow that would be interesting to hear. This book probably wouldn't be easy to memorize because there is not as much repetition as in the other books, but because of the rhyming it would be easier for children to learn to read. The most complex book is probably The Cat in the Hat Comes Back, because it 's so long and detailed. The simplest book is by far Inside Outside, Upside Down. It is almost all repetition and the words are very basic. The story that would be easiest to memorize would be The Foot Book, because there is so much rhyming which helps kids memorize.
The book I read in class on Friday was Green Eggs and Ham. The plot of the story was to try and get Sam-I-Am, a character in the story, to eat green eggs and ham. In the story Sam-I-Am would not try them anywhere no matter what. At the end of the story he realizes it doesn't hurt to try new things and Sam-I-Am ends up liking green eggs and ham.
The simplest book was The Foot Book.
Most complex book was The Cat and the Hat Comes Back.
The book with the best plot was Green Eggs and Ham.
The book that was easiest to memorize was The Foot Book.
The gender of the characters in the story if there were any was males only some females.
Zach Drummond
Green Eggs and Ham is an extremely easy book to read. the words contain 1 syllable, the vocabulary is very easy and basic, and there was rhyming. The two characters in the story are Sam and an unnamed character There is a plot to the story. Sam attempts to convince a character to eat green eggs and ham. The character repeatedly refuses to try it because he insists that he will not like it. At the end of the story, the unnamed character gives into trying the green eggs and ham and ends up loving it. These two characters do not have a gender. this book helps with reading and language development because it has very basic words and rhyming, which helps them learn the proper pronunciation of words. There are only 50 words used, the repetition of these words helps them to practice so they remember. I think that The Cat in the Hat was the most challenging book, it had words with more than one syllable and the plot jumped around, which may be hard to follow for some children. The easiest book to read was probably One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish because all of the words rhymed and were repetitive.
One of my favorite books from child hood is Old Hat New Hat. This book is a very simple book, with very simple words. The book repeats words to a great extent. The repetition of words is good for beginning readers because seeing the word over and over again can help them remember the word’s spelling and sound. The vocabulary used is directed to beginning readers also. There are mostly one-syllable words, which are the easiest to learn. The vocabulary in this book is also not large. There are many of the same words over and over again, such as “old hat” and “new hat”. There was a small plot to this story, which was in a hat store, and a bear (the main character) wanted a new hat and explored different types with various colors and shapes. The gender of the bear was not stated. This book is helpful for children’s reading development because of the various repetitions of words, which helps familiarize a child with that particular word. In my opinion this book was the simplest book because of the small vocabulary and repetition. I think that The Cat in the Hat was the most complex because of its large vocabulary and extensive plot. Though I think that Old Hat New Hat is the simplest book, I believe that the Foot Book would be the easiest to memorize for the reason that it is rhyming, short, and not too complex.
In The Foot Book, the vocabulary uses only one syllable in each word. It uses easy, simple to read words. It uses plurals of foot/feet. Most of the words are the same and it rhymes throughout the book. This book has no plot. This book would help children with reading and language development because it helps them with plural words. The most complex book was The Cat In The Hat Comes Back. The simplest and easiest book to memorize was The Foot Book.
Tom Valichka
I chose Bears on Wheels by Dr. Suess(Stan Berenstain). Most of the words have one syllable and only a couple have two syllables. There is not a lot of varied vocabulary. And there is a lot of repition between numbers and bears because it is a book focused on early counting skills with rhyming throughout the story. There isn't much of a plot either because all it talks about is how many bears are on a bike in a certain picture. The book is short and simple which wouod help kids who are just learning the basics of reading and counting and its easy to memorize and one of the simplest books.
The book I chose to analyze was Green Eggs and Ham. The book is meant for children to read during their first years of learning. This book is easy, simple, and a great choice for new readers. There is one syllable per word, except for the word anywhere, which makes this book simple yet entertaining for readers. The words were small and often repeated throughout the story. For example, "green eggs and ham" is said on almost every page of the book. Also, I think new readers will enjoy the book because it rhymes, making it easy. Every word rhymes! This helps children realize how different words can make the same sounds (phonemes.) There was a definite plot to the story: Sam-I-Am would not eat green eggs and ham, saying he didn't like it. His friend, unnamed, kept trying to get him to eat it, but he refused, naming all different kinds of places he did not like to eat green eggs and ham at. At the end of the story, Sam-I-Am tries the green eggs and ham, and likes them! This book teachers readers the concept of rhyming and helps them see that reading is fun. It also teaches them to experiment with new things. One syllable words make reading easier in this book. Repetition of the words help the children to keep learning and practicing the words. We learn through practice! This is why I chose to analyze the book Green Eggs and Ham.
I think that The Cat in the Hat Comes Back was the most complex book because the words were of moderate difficulty- not simple words. I think the easiest book to read was the foot book because there wasn't really a set plot and the words were small and easy.
The book I chose to analyze is “The Foot Book.” The majority of the words in this book contain one syllable with very few two-syllable words mixed in. It is labeled as a beginner book and uses simple words that are easy to pick up on and are necessary for future learning of some other more complex vocabulary. The words are also repeated multiple times, which also makes it easier to recognize later in the book or in the future. Finally there is also some rhyming which goes hand in hand with the repetitive and simple vocabulary. “The Foot Book” has no focused plot other than on different feet. This book was one of the only ones with female and male characters. When describing the different feet they refer to one as, “her feet,” and the other as, “his feet.” This book would be a great help with language development because it teaches and gives examples of the differences between the word “foot” and “feet.” In other words, it teaches the child plurals and singulars which can be applied to many other words. In my opinion, the most complex book was “The Cat in the Hat Comes Back,” because of the difficulty of the vocabulary and the majority of the words contained two or more syllables. The simplest book was “The Foot Book,” because of the usage of short words and only containing one syllable. The book that was most easy to memorize would be “Green Eggs and Ham.” It would be easiest to memorize because of the amount of rhyming and repetitiveness throughout the entire book.
The book I'm analyzing is Dr. Suess's Green Eggs and Ham. It's a very simple book and is great for beginners. The book consists entirely of one-syllable words with only one two-syllable word. There are two main characters, Sam I Am, and the other is unnamed. The plot of the story is about Sam I Am describing places and things that the other main character could eat green eggs and ham at and with. This is a great book to learn descriptive vocabulary. It also uses simple words. rhyming throughout the whole story. This is a very popular book with young children learning to read, and I would recommend it to anyone. I thought the most complex books was One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish because it had a more difficult vocabulary. The Foot Book seemed easiest for a child to memorize because of it's simpler vocabulary and repetition.
The book I selected is Green Eggs and Ham by Dr.Seuss.Green Eggs and Ham has one to two number of syllables per each word. The vocabulary is more complex than that of other Dr.Seuss books it uses words such as anywhere and would. The vocabulary is also very repetitive. Phrases such as "I would not" and "I do not" are repeated multiple times. This repetitiveness makes it easy for children to memorize the story. The story all together had a plot and a conclusion. The story was straight forward and easy for children to understand what the story is about. They know right away that Sam is trying to convince is friend to try Green Eggs and Ham and in the end result his friend eats the eggs and actually enjoys them. The genders of the characters in my opinion to a child who be perceived as male. The one character is actually given a name which is Sam which to many children is a boy's name. Also from the pictures the other character looks like and has the traits of a male. This story would help children learn to read because it is repetitive which makes it easy for children to learn and memorize the words in the book which is a step in learning to read. The story also had a basic plot which makes the story easier for children to understand which helps them focus more on the vocabulary. The most complex book was 1 fish 2 fish, the simplest book was foot book which was also the easiest to memorize.
-Christine McKeever
The book I chose is “Snow bugs” by Susan Shade and Jon Buller. Each page has two or three lines with words containing one and/or two syllables. The book is considered to be for beginners but in result of the two syllable words it may be difficult for young readers. Some of the words and vocab used that make this book more difficult are: sometimes, blowing, whooshing, candlelight etc… I also noticed that most of the pages do rhyme. Phrases like “ It’s a snow day, it’s a play day” is an example of this. The use of rhyming, I believe makes some of the harder words easier to figure out. It also is more interesting for children to read. When something is more interesting children will work harder to finish a book like Snow bugs therefore improving and challenging their language development. Although there is no repetition in the book all of the words used are related to what happens on a snow day. Such as: shoveling, sledding, and getting hats and mittens ready. This as well improves their language. The main point of the story is to explain to children how to get ready for a snow day before they go out and play. Once having read this story, children will learn to use the words from this book when there is a snow day. They can tell their parents they need their mittens and hats, and snowsuit etc… The characters in this book are bugs. Their genders are not given until about the 10th page which they do by naming them. Overall this is a good book to challenge young reader’s ability to decipher new vocab words and challenge their language skills. I also believe “Snow Bugs” is one of the most complex beginner books. In my opinion one of the easiest books I remember reading is “Old Hat, New Hat”. The words in this book are very simple and basic. The book is basically just describing different types of hats with adjectives such as frilly, silly, lumpy and so on. The easiest book to memorize is “Sleepy Dog”. This book only has one or two lines on each page; which are very simple. Also, most of the lines are actions the dog does. I feel like actions such as running and jumping are easier for kids to remember.
The book I chose to analyze is "Green Eggs and Ham," by Dr. Seuss. This was one of my favorite books as a child. All of the words in the book are only one syllable, except for 'anywhere' which is three syllables. The book only consists of fifty different words, therefore they are repeated several times. Dr. Seuss uses rhyming couplets throughout the book. There are two characters in the book; Sam-I-Am, and his unnamed friend. The gender of the characters is never actually stated, but I am assuming that they are both males. Yes, there was a plot to the story. Sam-I-Am was trying to convince his friend to try green eggs and ham, but he did not to because he didn't think he would like it. Sam-I-Am was persistant and continued to try to persuade his friend to taste them. Finally at the end of the story, Sam's friend tries the green eggs and ham under the condition that he leaves him alone. It turned out that he actually liked the green eggs and ham. I think this book would help children with reading and language development. It uses repetition, which helps children remember what they previously read. Also, Dr. Seuss uses short, one-syllable words which are easy for kids to read. The use of rhyming is also good for reading development because it will help to extend children's vocabulary. I think this book would be the easiest to memorize because the amount of repetition it uses. I think the most complex book is One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish. The simplest book was Inside, Outside, Upside Down.
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