Module 3
1. Mosel, Arlene. Tikki Tikki Tembo. New York: Henry Holt and Company, LLC, 2007. Print.
The book tells a story of why Chinese peoples have short names. It could be included in a classroom to teach children about cultures around the world. Some of the plant life depicted in this book as well as the clothing is traditionally Chinese. It is suitable for children ages 4-8. Children will enjoy memorizing and reciting the rhythmic (and long) name of a character in the book.
2. William, Steig. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble. New York: Windmill Books Inc., 1969. Print. This is a beautifully illustrated book about a young donkey’s desperate attempts to change back into a donkey after making a wish that changed him into a rock. William Steig’s illustrations are beautiful and detailed and do a wonderful job expressing the emotions on the characters’ faces. Both children and adults will feel for Sylvester’s desperation and sadness at not being able to tell his parents that he is
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Lewis, C.S. The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1978. Print.
This is an unforgettable tale of four siblings who, with the help of a lion, must overcome their own failings to become heroes of a better world. Most of the novel is set in a land of talking animals that the dreaded White Witch has ruled for 100 years. The heroes must learn to work together in order to establish peace. This will be an instant hit with any child who loves fantasy. 4. Hyman, Trina Schart. Little Red Riding Hood. New York: Holiday House, 1983. Print. This tells the well-known tale of Little Red Riding Hood, beautifully illustrated in an old-fashioned style. As a fun activity, after reading this book to a class, a teacher could help the students dress up and reenact the story. For a writing activity, the students could create their own ending to the beloved classic. Students could also read different versions of this book and do a Venn diagram of the different
The Lions of Little Rock is a Historical fiction novel written by: Kristine Levine. It is about a twelve year old girl who turns thirteen named Marlee who lives in Little Rock, Arkansas during 1958 and develops a strong friendship with a colored girl named Liz. The author uses the plot and characters to open a variety of themes such as acceptance, courage, loyalty and cooperation. The main character of the book Marlee, who is very shy faces on of her biggest fears, public speaking with the help of Liz, her best friend. On the day of the presentation Liz is “sick”, so her teacher offers her to write a paper on her topic but Marlee says “I want to do the presentation” (64).
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, written by Dai Sijie, is set in 1971 during the China’s Cultural Revolution. The book starts with two boys, unnamed narrator and his friend Luo being sent from their hometown Chengdu to a small village in Phoenix Mountain to be “re-educated”. The book continues with them skillfully living through the harsh village life with their talent of storytelling and their western knowledge gained from books. Throughout the novel Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Dai Sijie illustrates different types of literature and how it transforms the character’s life, action and their personalities in both good and bad way. This book is one unique novel about two boys and one little girl’s transformation by the magical
At the beginning of the novel “The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe” the author, C. S. Lewis says that the novel is written for his goddaughter, Lucy. Lewis, in turn, names the main character and youngest child in the book Lucy. As Martha described in her book Lucy is innocent, pure and kind. When reading “The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe” Lucy was the character in the novel that I felt most connected to. The Chronicles or Narnia books were written for children as an allegorical devise to interest children in Christianity.
The story “The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara illustrates how a young girl of the name Sylvia decides to ignore the help of her new neighbor Miss Moore. The little girl and her fellow childhood friends get the opportunity to take a field trip to a toy Museum; Miss Moore is the host and her intentions are to expose the isolated kids to show them that there is more to life than living in poverty. Bambara’s word choice portrays the vocabulary that the little kids possess, and they do not know nearly as much information as Miss Moore does because she has a college education. She attempts to educate the kids with numerous facts, but the kids disregard it because they are too fascinated at what the museum has to offer. Sylvia has a foul attitude and
2.3. The unbreakable bond of the Pevensie children in The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. The novels chosen for this dissertation put the focus on the children, and the fact that Mr. and Mrs. Pevensie, are absent in the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe allows this focus. The reader follows the journey of four children who have to face danger and obstacles without the help and guidance of their parents.
“Howl’s Moving Castle”, is an outstanding fiction novel written by Diana Wynne Jones that unfolds a non-existent time where witches and wizards existed. At first, when I began reading I instantly became immersed with the characters and dialogue. Thus, I continued and began to read until the very end of the novel, page 111. Initially, I started reading on June 27 and finished on July 3rd. It was full of emotions and shared many great lessons and themes, it was enjoyable.
The book consist a story about a police chase of a monkey stealing bananas. Richard Scarry uses some common strategies to help children to read, learn and understand his stories such as making it interactive, anthropomorphizing, and introducing new symbols of new culture and education.
Daywalt took an item that children use on a daily basis and created a conflict that they would understand. The theme, as previously discussed, is successful in teaching a lesson without stating it obviously. This makes the book perfect for read alouds in classrooms from which teachers can create extensive lesson plans for an elementary class. Middle school teachers may also use this story because of the mature nature of its theme in a fun and humorous way. Both adults and children would be attracted to this story as a buyer.
This particular teaching can be compared to the learning tendencies in children. Children have a reputation to disregard the educational system and in general are not very interested to learn, but this book combines the school system with the genre of fantasy and, as a result, learning is represented it in a more fun and exciting way. With Ron’s aptitude for Chess, Rowling shows that learning can have a positive and useful impact in a person’s life; learning can be
The book and movie that I read is called The Lion, The Witch ,and The Wardrobe. It was written by C.S Lewis, and the movie was produced by Andrew Adamson. The book and the movie were about this family who had to move because of Air Raids. There were two brothers named Peter and Edmund and two sisters named Susan and Lucy. They stay in a profferer 's house.
This was not lost in Red: A Crayon’s Story which incorporated striking colors against black and white pages. He beautifully utilized the color of the paper to set the tone of the story; from the lighthearted
In C. S. Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe the action begins when Lewis’s quote “And then Lucy saw that there was a light ahead of her; not a few inches away from where the back of the wardrobe ought to have been, but a long way off. Something cold was falling on her” (Lewis 7). The four young English siblings referred to as “The Pevensies” moved to a friend’s house in the country due to WWII. The sibling’s parents wanted them unharmed during the war.
Synopsis This book does not comprise of any storyline. Instead it is a book as well as a personal diary for readers. The same allure is held by the author of the Wimpy Kid franchise in terms of the choice of literature as well as the design and together it all goes into the form of this fun and colourful do it yourself avatar. The book is mainly divided into two
Edmund was astonished to see such a woman with extraordinary height and sternness that it demonstrated the power that the White Witch possessed from her physical appearance. The visualizations that Lewis depicts in the The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe about the unique characters help the readers grasp the concept of Narnia and its inhabitants. For example, the first creature Lucy encountered is described when she steps into Narnia and walked towards the lamppost. “From the waist upward he was like a man, but his legs were shaped like a goat’s (the hair on them was glossy black) and instead of feet he had goat’s hoofs.
C.S. Lewis, perhaps, the 20th Century’s most famous convert to Christianity has then devoted the rest of his life to writing about faith. Undoubtedly, The Narnia Chronicles are his most popular works. In this essay I will analyse the first out of seven novels ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’ and the sixth novel ‘The Magician’s Nephew’. I will argue that religion and literature spring