seussology presented by rhonda mueller mother, grandmother, teacher and self-proclaimed seussologist
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SeussologySeussologyPresented byPresented by
Rhonda MuellerRhonda Mueller
Mother, Grandmother, Teacher Mother, Grandmother, Teacher and and
Self-Proclaimed Seussologist
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Who Was Theodore Giesel
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Not the Cat in the Hat• Theo LeSieg• Rosetta Stone• Dr. Seuss - to please his
father, did eventually earn a doctorate from Dartmouth
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German Family in Springfield Mass.German Family in Springfield Mass.BrewersZooersGymnast and SwimmersShootersBakersGreat great Grossvater
BrewersZooersGymnast and SwimmersShootersBakersGreat great Grossvater
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Artist and avid reader at an early age
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Read the same book over and over again
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Made friends by creating humorous drawings and
writing
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Art Teacher Not Impressed
• Never break the rules
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Early Years
• Wrote and edited for newspapers• The Mikado• Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night• Wrote his own play• Jazz musician• Director • Dartmouth• Oxford• Edited humor magazine
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DartmouthDartmouthJewish - prejudiceLeast likely to succeed
Jewish - prejudiceLeast likely to succeed
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EnglandEngland
Helen Draw
Helen Draw
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Cartoonist
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Boredom - not busy enough
Wrote his first children’s book - an ABC book with unusual animals.
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And To Think I Saw It On Mulberry Street - 1936And To Think I Saw It On Mulberry Street - 1936
• Ship trip
• Chance meeting
• Vanguard
• Loved writing for children and Gus
• Ship trip
• Chance meeting
• Vanguard
• Loved writing for children and Gus
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Kindergarten and First GradeKindergarten and First Grade
• What would you see on Elliott Street?• What would you see on Elliott Street?
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Hats on the train
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Infamous for Making Up Stories About Story Ideas
Stories came in many ways– Puzzling his puzzler– Thinking cap– Left field– Arizona desert– Why is it always rain ? Soldier in France– Horton, from Mulberry street, which came first the
Who or the Egg?
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Generating Ideas
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McElligot’s PoolMcElligot’s Pool
Found his own look Expensive to print Caldecott
Found his own look Expensive to print Caldecott
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Finding Own StyleFinding Own Style
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Bartholomew
One color
Caldecott
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If I Ran the ZooIf I Ran the Zoo Caldecott
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Gerald McBoing-Boing
» Animated» Oscar» CBS 13 episodes» Overall films a flop» Writing and illustrating
» Animated» Oscar» CBS 13 episodes» Overall films a flop» Writing and illustrating
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From LaJollaFrom LaJolla
Sneetches Africa, think please Horton Hears Who Oh, The Thinks You Can
Think May 1954, Life article,
illiterate adults, TV and comics partly to blame
Sneetches Africa, think please Horton Hears Who Oh, The Thinks You Can
Think May 1954, Life article,
illiterate adults, TV and comics partly to blame
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The year of the Grinch
The year of the Grinch
12 yearsOne week
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One Work Through Time
One Work Through TimeGrinch
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GrinchGrinch
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GrinchGrinch
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GrinchGrinch
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GrinchGrinch
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Year of the Cat• 1957 - new era in children’s books
• Life magazine criticized Dick and Jane
• Friend’s suggestion
• 223 easy to read words
• First two words on the list
• Schools didn’t buy
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Beginner BooksBeginner Books
LeSieg didn’t author 50 dollar challenge
LeSieg didn’t author 50 dollar challenge
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First Priority
Funny
Dictionary of animals helped in many books
Rhyme and His toughest Audience
FEAR of Public Speaking
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WWII, laughing and training WWII, laughing and training
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Always a JokesterAlways a Jokester
Fishing with VaterClass clownNaval OfficerBiggest Joke, His own children,
Chrysanthemum-Pearl
Fishing with VaterClass clownNaval OfficerBiggest Joke, His own children,
Chrysanthemum-Pearl
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Pulitzer 1984Pulitzer 1984
Best Seller for Adults2 titlesButter BattleYour Only Old Once
Best Seller for Adults2 titlesButter BattleYour Only Old Once
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WW IIIWW III
• Mouth cancer• Butter Battle Book, 1984• Test and treatments, Obsolete
children• Gone is the yellow-faced Chinaman• 1990 New York Times Best Seller,
for adults again
• Mouth cancer• Butter Battle Book, 1984• Test and treatments, Obsolete
children• Gone is the yellow-faced Chinaman• 1990 New York Times Best Seller,
for adults again
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Other Famous WorksOther Famous Works
Cat in the Hat Audrey is UPSET Zax - political hardliner Horton Hears a Who - Atomic Bomb
Cat in the Hat Audrey is UPSET Zax - political hardliner Horton Hears a Who - Atomic Bomb
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Post-humous
My Many Colored DaysDiffendoofer
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Using Seuss in the classroom
Lists of Made Up Rhyming WordsAlliterationDifference Between Real and Make-BelieveBullying, Prejudice, Environmental Issues at
an Appropriate LevelSeussianaryThinksGlunks Increasing Comprehension Increasing Fluency
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AT hatsGross grub on green - Green EggsDaisy HatsStar ArtFinishing the Lorax - what happens to the
seed I Won’t Be a Star Bellied Sneetch Not on any Beach If I Ran the Zoo - imaginanimalsSeussanaryTantilizing Tongue Twisters
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More Uses - Even for Older Students
More Uses - Even for Older Students
Poetic Style Moral of the Story Underlying/Implied Meanings Visual Implications Accessing Imagination Generating Ideas Model For Own Writing Inspiration
Poetic Style Moral of the Story Underlying/Implied Meanings Visual Implications Accessing Imagination Generating Ideas Model For Own Writing Inspiration
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High SchoolHigh School
Yertle the Turtle - Sympathy for the underdog, Yertle is Hitler
Sneetches - tolerance, civil rights Lorax - ecological awareness Butter Battle - nuclear arms race
Yertle the Turtle - Sympathy for the underdog, Yertle is Hitler
Sneetches - tolerance, civil rights Lorax - ecological awareness Butter Battle - nuclear arms race
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Using Seuss at home
• Read• Teach• Learn• Laugh• Imagine• Play - YES PLAY, with words
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Dr. Seuss Language
“Here”“You can’t be here, I am here.
You are there!”Playing with language
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BUT don’t Underestimate the BEST Reasons to
Use Dr. Seuss
BUT don’t Underestimate the BEST Reasons to
Use Dr. SeussJUST FOR FUNJUST FOR FUN
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University of California San Diego
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AccomplishmentsAccomplishments
48 books More than 200 million copies 20 different languages Postage stamps Movies of his books Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden Geisel Library in LaJolla Oscar Pulitzer Caldecott
48 books More than 200 million copies 20 different languages Postage stamps Movies of his books Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden Geisel Library in LaJolla Oscar Pulitzer Caldecott
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Greatest GiftGreatest Gift
W all need fun and laughter Your children hear what you say, what
can be better than saying it in an enjoyable setting?
Hold onto the magic of childhood
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Words of Wisdom leftWords of Wisdom left
“Whenever things are a bit sour in a job I’m doing, I always tell myself: ‘You can do better than this.’ The best slogan I can think of to leave with the U.S.A. would be: ‘We can do and we’ve got to do better than this.’”
“Whenever things are a bit sour in a job I’m doing, I always tell myself: ‘You can do better than this.’ The best slogan I can think of to leave with the U.S.A. would be: ‘We can do and we’ve got to do better than this.’”
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Belonged to the Lutheran Church
Missouri Synod
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ResourcesOh, the Places He Went, by Maryann N. Weidt,
biographyDr. Seuss, Childhood of Famous Americans
series, by Kathleen KudlinskiDr. Seuss American Icon, by Philip NelThe Secret Art of Dr. Seuss, by Theodore Geisel
and Maurice Sendak
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Seuss Related Websites
• www.eseus.com• www.randomhouse.com/seussville• www.seussville.com• www.catinthehat.org• www.infoplease.com/spot/seuss1.html• infoplease.com/spot/tonguetwister1.html• www.infoplease.com/spot/seuss2.html• www.nea.org/readacross/index.html• www.seuss.org• http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/dspolitic• www.seussland.com
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Contact
• Email [email protected]
• Website www.lps.org, elementary schools, Elliott Elementary, specialists
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