by boot | Feb 18, 2025
Where did the book take place? Could it have taken place anywhere else? Why? How accurately are you able to see the place where the story occurs in your mind? Explain. How does each character use the environment? How does the time play a major role in each story?...
by boot | Feb 18, 2025
Ask students to use the Text Map at the end of this guide to take notes while reading. Use these notes for post-reading discussion. For each story in Sunny Days Inside, complete the text map to deepen your understanding of the text and its unity.
by boot | Feb 18, 2025
Before assigning the book to students to read, discuss the cover and the title. Use some of the following prompts to facilitate your discussion: What do you notice about the illustration on the front cover? Look closely at the illustration? Where is the boy standing?...
by boot | Feb 18, 2025
The Africville of today is rather different from the Africville that the girl in the story imagined and longed for. Ask students how they think attending the Africville reunion festival made the girl feel: Sad? Grateful? Happy? Angry? What clues do we have in the book...
by boot | Feb 18, 2025
The Africville that the young girl was told about by her family was full of vivid colors and beauty, where people got to experience the different rhythms of nature more directly than in many cities today. Ask each student to draw a picture of their favorite scene from...
