A Chair For My Mother

By retelling this story , the author contributes to the lesson of the story to the daughter. Through

The mother begins to rebel against tradition by taking an active role in educating and freeing herself. Through her radio, telephone and trips out with her sons she develops her own opinions about the world, the war, and the domination and seclusion of woman. She loses her innocence as a result to her new knowledge and experience.

In this book Mama plays a very important role. She is the head of the house and has a major part in what people can and cannot do. She has the

¨The Joy Luck Club¨ by Amy Tan was an interesting novel. The book consisted of about eight characters, meaning eight different perspectives. Each of which, had a whole chapter or two dedicated to a short story in there life. They tell each other these life stories at a gathering they have every once in awhile to play mah jong. Throughout each story, or chapter, the mothers try to connect more with their daughters, and the daughters try to connect more with their mothers. It makes you wonder how well daughters know their mothers.

The book, The Joy Luck Club, talks about the bonds mother and daughters share, and how they try to improve their relationships with each other. Waverly Jong, constantly worries

The quilt are a huge sysmbol for the stories theme. The mother believes by giving Maggie the quilts she will appreciate and value them much more than Dee. Dee only wants to display them once she returns to college. Dee just wants have the quilt as a trophy where it will lose its value. Although, their mother believes the quilt represents family and traditions. The quilt will be appreciated and actually used by Maggie whom knows how it came together. If anything happens to the quilt Maggie can sue it back together because she knows the history behind the quilt. The mother is proud of her daughter ,Dee, but she feels Dee has forgot where she has came from. (More interested in portraying instead of living). The mother is the one who knows her

The way someone acts or makes decisions says a lot about a person because it shows their personality, and defines a character. Grandmother plays a very large role in the family's life. Love and care is constantly displayed throughout the story, especially since their grandmother lives with them and makes strong connections which builds their relationships. Through the story the character of the grandmother

This is the Rope: A Story from the Great Migration is about a little girl that recalls the journey of her grandmother when she migrated from South Carolina to New York City with her family. The rope is passed down from generation to generation and is used as a household item, to play games with, and hold objects in place. The rope also represents the changes, struggles, and memories that bind the family together. I would use this book in a literacy and physical education lesson with 2nd-graders. I would read this book out loud to the whole class. I would have students discuss, identify, and write about themes, traditions, migration, and how the rope was used in the story. Students would also focus on the vocabulary words; generations, block, college, reunion, migration, and locate South Carolina, New York City, and Brooklyn. As a class, we would then perform different physical activities using our own rope (walking, jumping, creating symbols and shapes). I personally liked the way this book used the rope as a meaningful metaphor to link a historical time period when African Americans left their southern homes in search of the freedoms found in the north. I believe this book creates a great starting point into understanding structure, sequencing, and the important historical events that changed U.S. history. I love integrating books with physical education. It allows students to be active, engaged, and creates lasting memories.

Reading this story from momma's point of view creates the feeling that one is in the story. The reader can feel and picture every character in the story.

Its a story about a pig and spider and how people can be friends and don't judge people how they look and it teaches you about life and death. Charlotte is the spider she writes words in the web. WIlbur is the pig he's the runt Charlotte helps him and not to be eating for dinner. Wilbur wins top prize at the fair. Charlotte lays eggs. Then, Charlotte dies. They come back from the fair and the babies are hatch most of them fly away three of them stayed with wilbur and become friends with

The literary elements that was used in this story such as theme, character traits, and the lesson learned was really important because it set the mood for the story. This story reminds me of willy wonka and the chocolate factory because both are told in a reverse chronology method of storytelling. I predict that her house is going to get destroyed because it was the last house there because she was the only one alive. The people in the town might also start looking into things and caring more about the people because if they did that then things would be a lot

People should read this book because it teaches the importance of friends and family and it teaches that everybody has personal issues to go through.

“Geraldine Moore the Poet”, by Toni Cade Bambara, is a story told in third person that centers on a girl who has lost her home. There are two major settings in the story. The first is at her building. This is an important setting because that is where she finds out that she has lost her house. It is where she sees her items in boxes and has to eat tomato soup for dinner instead of chicken and dumplings. This is also an important setting because it fuels Geraldine’s pessimistic feelings and the way she acts in the second major setting. The second setting is in Mrs. Scott’s classroom when Geraldine is asked to write a poem. This setting is important because it builds up to the final theme. Furthermore on the setting, the story takes place during recessed times in the city. It is most likely in the city because on the way home, Geraldine passes by a hot dog man, which is common in the city but uncommon elsewhere. It is in recessed times because the hot dog man’s business does not seem to be faring well, and neither does Geraldine’s. This is because they are living in recessed times when the economy is not doing well. The major moods in the story are sympathy and hope. It is sympathy because all of these unfortunate things are happening to Geraldine and she seems currently to have a

Furthermore, Amy Tan writes a wonderful short story about the complicated relationship between mothers and daughters, yet one can be enriching. The theme of “Two

The first and most important lesson for a grade school or middle school student to understand and appreciate is kindness. Kindness is a major theme in this book. Most of the characters give serious thought about how their actions will affect others. In this book it shows how much kindness matters. To quote the text people