2015 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award Winner
This is a very interesting look at the life of Peter Mark Roget. It gives details about his life and how he came to write his thesaurus. His children actually were the ones that convinced him to share his book. The illustrations are collages of words with pictures.
Lesson plan ideas:
Have students create their own personalized thesaurus. Ask students to scan some of their previous writing and keep track of the words they see themselves using repeatedly. Have them write these words in the back of their writer’s notebooks, in a Notes file on their tablets or smartphones, or on a sheet of paper to keep in their writing folders. Then, have students use either a print thesaurus or one of the online versions listed below to compile a list of synonyms they can use in place of their own commonly used words. Have them write these synonyms down alongside those commonly used words, so they have a personalized thesaurus on hand whenever they’re writing.
5th Grade TEKS (b) Knowledge and skills.
(C) produce analogies with known antonyms and synonyms;
(E) use a dictionary, a glossary, or a thesaurus (printed or electronic) to determine the meanings, syllabication, pronunciations, alternate word choices, and parts of speech of words.
Idea taken from http://classroombookshelf.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-right-word-roget-and-his-thesaurus.html
Some more great ideas by the author's website are below.
Lesson Plan ideas for The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus
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