Monday, June 1, 2009

Alejandro's Gift by Richard E. Albert

Title: Alejandro's Gift
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Publisher: Chronicle Books (March 1, 1996)
Pages: 40
Awards: N/A

Summary: Alejandro is an older man living out in the desert. He is very ;onely and his days pass slowly. One day Alejandro decides to plant a garden and too his surprise it brings with it and unexpected "gift". Alejandro realizes that his "gift of the gardern and watering hole has become home to a varitey of desert animals who soon become his friends.

Persaonal Rating: ***Good. Lessons to be learned doing something nice for others. I like that you can tie in a variety of subjects with this book.

Reading Level: 3.5
Interest Level: 2nd thru 4th grade

Reading/writing: The students did a character anaylsis of Alejandro comparing him at the beginning and the end of the story. This is a great story to use to discuss narrative story elements such as setting, character, problem, solution, etc. Also I used a cause and effect lesson with this story.
Science: The students looked a various other deserts and did a compare/contrast activity. Not lonly we did compare and contrast the deserts we researched but the one in from our story as well.
Writing: We wrote letters to Alejandro.

Problems/Difficulties: None

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