Elena's Serenade
A Multicultural Book Talk
About the Book
Illustrator: Ana Juan
Genre: Picture Book
Topic: Mexican and Glassblowing
Awards:
About the Author
http://www.pearsonsuccessnet.com/snpapp/iText/products/0-328-35338-8/unit6/420-421.html
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/contributor/campbell-geeslin
About the Illustrator
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/contributor/ana-juan
Author with Composer Enrique GonzClez-Medina
Campbell and Composer for the opera How Nanita learned to make Flan
Inside the Book
Elena's dad the glassblower
Inside the Book
Elena watching her dad work.
Multicultural Criteria
Cultural Character
The characters in the story have authentic names for the setting of Mexico. Elena has some problems she has to face because she's a girl, in some areas of Mexico where girls are not allowed to have certain jobs.
Cultural Setting
Monterry, Mexico is well known for its glassblowers, and Elena travels there making some friends along the way and they are have some mixed feelings about her as a glassblower.
Diverse Language
In the book there are words in Spanish. The publishers included a glossery with a pronunciation of the words. Also how they words are used within the story context clues can be used to determine what a word means.
Lesson Plan Idea
Standard 3.RL.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.
Objective:
The Student will
- determine what words meaning usig context clues.