“A LITTLE PIECE OF SUN”

AUTHOR: GERY KEAMSVIRTUAL BOOK BY:ADILEM DOBRASLAURA BRICEÑO

SUMMARY• In this story, one half of the world has sun but the other half doesn’t. There are a lot of animals on the

side with no sun. There is a wolf in this story. He can see in the dark but the other animals can’t. All of the animals got together and made a plan that they were going to steal a piece of the sun. First, a little possum dug a tunnel and when he got back there he took a piece of the sun. He put it in his tail, but on his way back the sun burnt his tail and all of his hair fell off. Then out of nowhere a bird said, “I’ll go.” He got there and he took a piece and put it in his crown of feathers. On his way back the sun burnt his feathers. When the possum got back, a tiny little voice said, “I’ll go, I’ll go.” It was grandmother spider and they let her go try even though they didn’t think she could do it. She made a clay bowl and when she got there she put a piece of the sun in her bowl. When she got back the sun was so bright that it popped out and went into the sky!

CHARACTERS• The spider: She was too slow and old. She like to help others

despite their size and age.• Wolf:Lived on the dark side of the world. He was tired of everbody

bumping into him for directions, Wolf could see in the nighttime• Possum: He was shy and had long Sharp claws.• Buzzard: large bird with long black feathers all over his body, and a

Crown of feathers on top his head. This bird was show off, He was the most beautiful bird alive.

LITERARY WORDS• Onomatopoeia:

• ¨Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! The light was gone .

• Squeeze out into the world it bounced up into the sky: Boingggg.

• Down from the corner of the ceiling squeaked the tiny voice: ¨ Send me e e e e e e¨

• Repetition:

• ¨No,no,no,no,no! I dont think we should be so nice

• ¨Calm down, calm down, calm down, Coyote said.

• ¨Hey i´ll go, I´ll go.¨

• Irony

• When they Heard a timid voice and is a spider old grandmother, was the end she manages to achieve the objective and the other animals younger not

OUR FAVORITE PART OF THE BOOK

• Our favorite part of the story was when she came out of the tunnel and all the animals came running to help grandmother Spider to bring the Little piece of sun Because they teach us that we have to help others and be perseverants.

VOCABULARY WORDS

Chant: Sing words on one tone.

Crowd: is a large group of people that are gathered or considered together.

Nodded: to lower and raise the head quickly, as in agreemet or acknowledgment

Feathers:are epidermal growths that form the distinctive outer covering, or plumage, on birds and some non-avian theropod dinosaurs

blinded: sightless

REASONS • This marvelous story of how tiny and ancient grandmother spider succesfully

brings the sun, something larger and more spritely animals before her could not accomplish, was written to be read aloud. Instead of the usual stereotypical ¨Ancient legent storyelling¨ literary style we often see with retelling of traditional tales, this legent is refreshingly written in a coloquial manner. This style, as well as the two.page layout with text on one side, makes this an excelent book to read aloud. The textures and colors and expressive animal illustrations can be show to their best advantage.My boys love all animal pictures, the humor, and exciting fire-spouting sun guard monsters! We return again and again to see and hear the sweet-faced but proud and determined grandma Spider as she demostrates why she is so respected and revered.

AUTHOR INFORMATION• Geri Keams: Is an autor, storyteller, and actress. Born and

raised in the navajo Nation in Arizona, Keams grew up herding sheep and weaving rugs whit her grandmother. Also a storyteller. Keam´s grandmother taught her grandchildren the importance of preserving and sharing the storys of native American people. Keams tell native American stories in order to encourage others to explore these cultures and to help keep them alive.

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