TWS LITERACY APPLICATIONS:
TEXT SET PPT
1. Book (Non-Fiction)
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“Exploring the World: Cartier”
Blashfield, J. (2002). Exploring the World:
Cartier. Minneapolis, MN:
Compass Point Books.
This book contains different components
of the explorations of Jacques Cartier.
The book actually begins with the
explorations of Christopher Columbus
which led into Cartier’s career as an
explorer. This book explains Where he
went, Why he went and What he found,
which are the three main components that
were needed for the text components of
this unit lesson. This book will be very
useful during instruction because it
contains useful vocabulary and pictures
that will aid in the understanding of the
content.
2. Book (Non-Fiction Biography)
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“Christopher Newport”
Boykin, A. (2003). Christopher Newport /
by Amy Williams Boykin. Glen
Allen, Va. : Foxhound Pub., c2003.
This text contains the biography of
Christopher Newport and it also outlines
his explorations and the foundations of
Jamestown, VA. This book contains
references and useful vocabulary that
will help the students to understand what
they have learned about Christopher
Newport and to apply what they have
learned in different ways throughout the
unit. This book outlines many of the major
points about Christopher Newport that
will be covered in the unit lesson and it
will aid instruction.
3. Book (Non-Fiction)
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“Jamestown: America’s First Permanent
English Settlement”
Marsh, C. (2006). Jamestown : America's
first permanent English settlement /
by Carole Marsh. [Peachtree City,
CA] : Gallopade International /
Carole Marsh Books, c2006.
This book is about the story of the
Jamestown Settlement and how it was
founded. The reason that I am going to
be using this book as part of my text set
is because the book talks about the role
that Christopher Newport played in
founding the Jamestown Settlement. This
book contains pictures that aid in
comprehension and it is going to be a
great tool to solidify one of the most
important parts of Christopher Newport’s
career as an explorer.
4. Book (Non-Fiction)
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“Captain Christopher Newport”
Bryant, A. (2007). Captain Christopher
Newport. Newport News, VA:
SeaVenture.
This book is a brand new biography of
Christopher Newport’s life and is located
in the rare books sections of the
Christopher Newport University library. It
helps outline the curriculum by giving
students a deeper understanding of
Newport’s Ventures. This book is going to
be very helpful while teaching the content
of this unit because it is going to aid in
the deeper comprehension of Christopher
Newport’s life which will help students
understand why he began exploring in
the first place.
5. Website
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CNU.edu
Christopher Newport University. (2013).
CNU. Retrieved October 17,
2013, from http://cnu.edu/
I am going to be using the Christopher
Newport Website as one of my resources
for this Unit lesson. The reason I am
going to be using this is because it will
help the students to better understand the
impact that Christopher Newport had on
the present day Hampton-Roads area of
Virginia. This will help to foster higherlevel thinking about the content as well.
6. Website
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“All About Explorers”
Aungst G., Zucker L., Kroe E., DeBrigg L.
(2013). All About Explorers:
Jacques Cartier. Retrieved
October 17, 2013, from
http://allaboutexplorers.com/exp
lorers/cartier/
The article on this web page goes into
further detail about the adventurous life
of Jacques Cartier. The article gives
different vocabulary words as well as
different places to navigate the cite to
find more information on explorers that
you are researching. This article will be
very useful because it has been easier to
find text on Christopher Newport than
Jacques Cartier so this will help solidify
the information that they need to
remember and understand about him.
7. Newspaper Article
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“What’s in a Name? : Newport News”
King, L. (2010, April 5). Virginia Pilot
Online.http://hamptonroads.com/
2010/04/whats-name-newportnews
This Newspaper is all about the origin of
the name of the city Newport News,
Virginia. This article gives even further
background knowledge on the content
and will help with the instruction by giving
the information in a creative and
interesting format that they will enjoy
having access to in class.
8. Magazine
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“America, Found and Lost”
Mann, C. (2007 May). America, Found
and Lost. National Geographic.
Retrieved October 17, 2013.
Featured Article from,
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.co
m/2007/05/jamestown/charlesmann-text
This National Geographic article outlines
the settlement and fall of historic
Jamestown, Virginia. This type of text is
something that these students do not use
often, and will helpful when teaching the
content for the students to have more
knowledge on the settlement of
Jamestown and peoples thoughts about it.