quoteland.com - Quotations on every topic, by every author, and in every fashion possible 10 stories behind Dr. Seuss stories (Mental Floss) -- 1. In case you haven't read "The Lorax," it's widely recognized as Dr. Seuss' take on environmentalism and how humans are destroying nature. Loggers were so upset about the book that some groups within the industry sponsored "The Truax," a similar book -- but from the logging point of view. Dr. Seuss' widow, Audrey Geisel, accepted his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2004. Another interesting fact: the book used to contain the line, "I hear things are just as bad up in Lake Erie," but 14 years after the book was published, the Ohio Sea Grant Program wrote to Seuss creator Theodore Geisel, and told him how much the conditions had improved and implored him to take the line out. 2. Karl ZoBell, the attorney for Dr. 3. 4. 5. 6. Also, Seuss never admitted that the story was originally about Nixon. 7. Eventually, Yertle notices the moon and is furious that anything dare be higher than himself, and is about ready to call for more turtles when Mack burps. Dr. 8. 9. 10.
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Photo Quoto Lesson Plan: Reading Everywhere with Dr. Seuss ReadWriteThink couldn't publish all of this great content without literacy experts to write and review for us. If you've got lessons plans, activities, or other ideas you'd like to contribute, we'd love to hear from you. More Find the latest in professional publications, learn new techniques and strategies, and find out how you can connect with other literacy professionals. More Teacher Resources by Grade Your students can save their work with Student Interactives. More Home › Classroom Resources › Lesson Plans Lesson Plan Overview Featured Resources From Theory to Practice Young readers celebrate all the places they can read by creating a classroom book modeled after Dr. back to top Pre-reading or Post-reading Survey: Use this survey to find out about your students' reading habits. Our goal as teachers is to hook our students on great books that won't let the kids leave without them. Further Reading Fox, Mem. 2001. National Council of Teachers of English.
Every Poet An Idiom a Day Forum . Penfriends . Test . Online English Lessons . Return to this page every day to read a new English idiom. Idiom 28WET BEHIND THE EARSInexperienced / naivePeter is still too wet behind the ears. 100 Inspiring Quotes So many people have said so many things so much better than I will ever be able to. Here are 100 of them. I hope you find at least a few that speak to you. If you want to be happy, be. – Leo Tolstoy The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. – Mark Twain Happiness is excitement that has found a settling down place. But there is always a little corner that keeps flapping around. – E.L. Several of these came from Louise Hay, who is pretty terrific. Tags: lists , quotes