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M.C. Higgins, the great, Virginia Hamilton

eng

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560L, LexileDecoding indicator: 90 (high), Semantic indicator: 100 (high), Syntactic indicator: 90 (high), Structure indicator: 90 (high), Lexile

fiction

M.C. Higgins, the great

827729

Virginia Hamilton

Accelerated Reader, MG, 4.4, 10.0, Kilgore Intermediate.

As a slag heap, the result of strip mining, creeps closer to his house in the Ohio hills, fifteen-year-old M.C. is torn between trying to get his family away and fighting for the home they love

Introduction: Observing play activity -- Principles of play -- Play activity and the representational world of the child -- The role of play activity in child psychotherapy -- Identifying play activity: Segmentation -- Descriptive analysis of play activity -- revisiting Johnny, Jane and Tom: descriptive analysis -- 1. Structural analysis of play activity -- 2. The adaptive player -- Adaptive strategies used by the child at play -- 3. The conflicted player -- Conflicted strategies used by the child at play -- 4. The rigid/ polarized player -- Rigid/ Polarized defensive strategies used by the child at play -- 5. The extremely anxious/ isolated player -- Defensive-coping strategies used by the extremely anxious/ isolated child -- 6. Play activity, the player and development of the self -- The function of play and playfulness -- Distinguishing reality from fantasy -- Coping/ Defensive play strategies and the child's emerging sense of self -- Coping/ defensive play strategies and the emergence of psychic reality -- Profiles of play as a measure for observation of a child's development

juvenile