by boot | Feb 18, 2025
Does the author communicate a feeling that goes with the story? What words characterize the story? How did your feeling change as you read the story? Was there an undercurrent or hidden mood in the story? Was there a tension in the story that made you want to finish...
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 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...
by boot | Feb 18, 2025
Ask students whether they think the story takes place in the past or the present. There may be differences of opinion; encourage students to defend or support their answers with examples from the book. In actuality, Africville is a story that mixes past and present...
