Little Audrey

The story is told through the eyes of 11-year-old Audrey.  Audrey is beign raised in a coal mining camp in South/West Virginia during 1948.  She wants to "live better" than she does.  It isn't until Audrey's father is killed in an automobile accident that she will have the chance to "live better". 

Reading Level:
     Lexile: 630

Genre/Theme:
     Historical Fiction
     Jewell Valley Coal Mining Camp

Subject:
     Social Studies
     English Language Arts

Teaching ideas for 6th Grade Class:    
     Web resources:  http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?title=Little_Audrey_by_Ruth_White&video_id=164399&vpkey= offers a short video to introduce the story's setting.

http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?title=Little_Audrey_by_Ruth_White&video_id=164399&vpkey= students can view actual pictures from today of Jewell Valley.

Suggested Delivery:  Independent

Before Reading:
     Vocabulary to introduce:  starch, stumped, creek, prissy, exasperating, hysterics
Have students watch one of the two videos from above to introduce the setting of this story.

During Reading:
Have students use a graphic organizer to keep track of the various characters and conflicts. 

After Reading:
Have students write a paragraph in which they Question the Author.

White, Ruth. (2008). Little Audrey . New York: Farrar Straus Giroux.