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natiperleggere's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
xsleepyshadows's review against another edition
3.0
This is kinda a confusing and cute book. The cute is from the illustrations and how hard Sophia works on her presentations to get a giraffe for her birthday. She tailors each presentation to her family in order to get them on board to get the giraffe but in the end they all tell her to get to the point and talk less...which is the confusing part. I think it's strange thing to tell her when she is so passionate. I think this book at the end is just to show the importance of please and thank you. ~Ashley
kristenremenar's review against another edition
5.0
I adore books that don't dumb down vocabulary. This is a perfect book to talk about persuasive writing! Sophia targets her presentation to her intended audience, using an opinion poll to sway her uncle,the politician and including information about the legality of giraffes for her mother, the judge.
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kelleemoye's review against another edition
3.0
Full review with teaching tools: http://www.unleashingreaders.com/?p=8042
This is a book that adults will find funny and kids will connect with because they all want something. I enjoyed the introduction to the cast of characters and how Sophia changed her speech depending on who she was speaking to. It shows the importance of audience when speaking or writing. I also loved the way that each character had a very set personality which was showed in their behaviors, words, and looks.
I really love the artwork of One Word. The crazy lines and paints mixed with pencil really add character to the book. I liked the facial expressions, as well. This really added to the characterization within the book.
This is a book that adults will find funny and kids will connect with because they all want something. I enjoyed the introduction to the cast of characters and how Sophia changed her speech depending on who she was speaking to. It shows the importance of audience when speaking or writing. I also loved the way that each character had a very set personality which was showed in their behaviors, words, and looks.
I really love the artwork of One Word. The crazy lines and paints mixed with pencil really add character to the book. I liked the facial expressions, as well. This really added to the characterization within the book.
lmasondcroz's review against another edition
5.0
Averbeck, J. (2015). One word from Sophia. New York, NY: Atheneum Books.
Rationale: I selected One Word From Sophia for my diverse literature text set because it is a positive example of biracial, multi-generational family. Sophia’s parents both have professional jobs (judge and businessman) and encourage her to justify what she wants (a pet giraffe) with graphs, presentations, and well-reasoned arguments. While race is only a factor in the illustrations, the representation of a happy and successful biracial family would be inspiring to diverse readers. This makes a good addition to my text set because it shows the perspective of a multiracial family.
Text Connection: I made a text-to-self connection to One Word From Sophia because my own immediate family is biracial (my husband is Latino) and I would love to share a book like this about a diverse family with my daughter. Even though we don’t share a race with the characters of One Word From Sophia, we share their family model. I also thought of a text-to-world connection to the 1000 Black Girl Books campaign that is being run by a girl who was tired of reading books about boys and dogs. This is an example of main character who is half-black and would be a perfect contribution to that campaign.
Bloom’s Taxonomy Questions:
Knowledge → Who is part of Sophia’s family?
Understanding → How does Sophia try to convince her family to give her a pet giraffe?
Application → What do you think Sophia should have said to persuade her family?
Analysis → How does Sophia change her argument when she talks to each member of her family? Why do you think she makes those changes?
Evaluation → Do you think there was a better way for Sophia to convince her family to get a giraffe?
Create → How would you convince your family to give you a wild animal for a pet?
Rationale: I selected One Word From Sophia for my diverse literature text set because it is a positive example of biracial, multi-generational family. Sophia’s parents both have professional jobs (judge and businessman) and encourage her to justify what she wants (a pet giraffe) with graphs, presentations, and well-reasoned arguments. While race is only a factor in the illustrations, the representation of a happy and successful biracial family would be inspiring to diverse readers. This makes a good addition to my text set because it shows the perspective of a multiracial family.
Text Connection: I made a text-to-self connection to One Word From Sophia because my own immediate family is biracial (my husband is Latino) and I would love to share a book like this about a diverse family with my daughter. Even though we don’t share a race with the characters of One Word From Sophia, we share their family model. I also thought of a text-to-world connection to the 1000 Black Girl Books campaign that is being run by a girl who was tired of reading books about boys and dogs. This is an example of main character who is half-black and would be a perfect contribution to that campaign.
Bloom’s Taxonomy Questions:
Knowledge → Who is part of Sophia’s family?
Understanding → How does Sophia try to convince her family to give her a pet giraffe?
Application → What do you think Sophia should have said to persuade her family?
Analysis → How does Sophia change her argument when she talks to each member of her family? Why do you think she makes those changes?
Evaluation → Do you think there was a better way for Sophia to convince her family to get a giraffe?
Create → How would you convince your family to give you a wild animal for a pet?
amibunk's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this book with its precocious, giraffe loving main character. While much of the charm and humor would go right over the head of a pre-schooler, my second grader enjoyed it thoroughly. Two thumbs up!
readwithpassion's review against another edition
4.0
Teachers are always asking students to expand their ideas and add detail. To be perfectly honest, I never taught brevity, and this is reflected in my constant battle to stay under word counts! This text will open up valuable conversations about how we can use a variety of methods to persuade our audience. Sometimes, being direct and brief is the best route. It might be confusing to kids who constantly hear the opposite, so I would work with students to analyze this text. I loved the way the author integrated great vocabulary words. Along with those words (which he defined), there are other great words for students to grapple with. I would read this text with my students to help them with the language. I had a lot of fun reading this text, and I think kids will love it, too.
eetree's review against another edition
3.0
i didn't love this. i feel like this is one of those children's books that is written for adults. it was cute to me as an adult, but i feel like kids wouldn't feel the same way. they'd be like cool, bro...glad you are learning some awesome negotiation skills and are learning some big words but like....who cares. ehhh. i don't know. what kid would i read this to????? Ehhhhhhhhhh. No kid is the answer.
beths0103's review against another edition
5.0
Sophia is an adorable, eloquent little protagonist. I especially loved the glossary at the end that pointed out the irony of having so many words for "using too many words." :)
mallen8509's review against another edition
4.0
If you are a teacher, this is a great book to use for teaching how to write an argument. It is also great book to use to teach context clues for unknown words. You definitely could create some great lessons using this book.