Thedor Geisel

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Thedor Geisel
By Sandra Grande
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The more that you read, The more things you will
know. The more that you learn, The more places
youll go.          -I Can Read with My
Eyes Shut
"Children want the same things we want. To laugh,
to be challenged, to be entertained and
delighted."Dr. Seuss
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• Theodor Seuss Geisel was born March 2, 1904 in
  Springfield, MA.

• He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1925, and
  went onto Oxford University with the plan of
  acquiring a doctorate in literature.
• Dr. Seuss was granted doctorates in literature
  and fine arts by seven universities.

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• After he finished school, Ted found a job in
  advertising.
• In his spare time he started to write childrens
  books.

• He is also loved to illustrate.

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• Seuss's characters are somewhat rounded and
  droopy. For instance, the faces of the Grinch and
  of the Cat in the Hat.

• Seuss's earlier artwork often employed the shaded
  texture of pencil drawings or watercolors.
• In his childrens books he generally used just
  black, white, and one or two colors.

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• In 1936 on the way to a vacation in Europe,
  listening to the rhythm of the ship's engines, he
  came up with And to Think That I Saw It on
  Mulberry Street.
• He sent it to 43 different publishers but no one
  would publish it.

• In 1937 a friend published the book for him.
• This was the first time he used his pen name, Dr.
  Seuss (Seuss was his mother's maiden name). 

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Inspiration

• In 1954, a magazine wrote that some children were
  having trouble learning to read because the books
  they had were boring. 
• Dr. Seuss did not want books to be boring for
  kids, but he did want kids to read.

• This inspired Geisel's publisher, and encouraged
  him to send Geisel a list of 400 words he felt
  were important.
• Dr. Suess had to cut the list to 250 words, and
  write a book.

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• Nine months later, using 220 words, the book was
  called The Cat in the Hat.
• In 1960 Bennett Cerf bet Geisel 50 that he
  couldn't write an entire book using only fifty
  words. The result was Green Eggs and Ham.

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• He wrote using the names Dr. Seuss and Theo
  LeSieg (which is Geisel spelled backwards).

• Dr. Seuss went on to write and illustrate an
  entire series of books just for beginning
  readers. 
• He wrote 54 books, most of them for children.

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• Ted died on September 24, 1991.
• His books for children have been published in 20
  different languages.
• Dr. Suess is the most popular childrens author
  in the world. 

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Student Use
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Oh Say Can You Say?

• Introduce students to tongue twisters.
• Students can create their own tongue twisters
  using the first letter in their name.
• Focus on phonics, parts of speech, oral language,
  alliteration, and more.

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The Shape of Me and Other Stuff

• Math
• Sorting
• Shapes

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Green Eggs and Ham

• Make green eggs and ham.
• Science
• Talk about other animals that lay eggs.

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A B C

• Matching beginning letter sounds to pictures.

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The Foot Book

• Count the number of feet in the classroom.
• Count by 2s.

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The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbbins

• Bring in a collection of hats and graph them.

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Science
Discuss the importance of trees and people.
The Lorax
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The story talks about the choices we make
throughout life.
Dont be afraid to try new things!
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Works Cited
http//www.seussville.com/
http//www.seuss.org/seuss/seuss.home.html