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How did those huge, floating balloons come about in the famous Macy's Parade? In this book, you will find how Tony Sarg, loves making puppets and making them move. He found a job creating the displays at Macy's department store and was given the task of creating a parade for the immigrant staff. From there, you see the evolution of puppets going to balloon bags to high flying balloons.
The author of this book had a unique way of organizing her book on Tony Sarg. The students can identify the organizational pattern so that they can use it as a guide to write an expository essay based on the book. They will need to use textual evidence.
7th Grade Reading TEKS - Reporting Category 3 - 10 C RS - use different organizational patterns as guides for summarizing and forming an overview of different kinds of expository text.
