Angela, In response to your question from chapter 4 of Essentials, as a child my favorite book was Chica Chica Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault. In addition to the catchy text, I think part of what made this book one of my favorites was the relatively simplistic illustrations that utilized bright, eye-catching colors that were visually appealing to me as a child. In my opinion, The Very Busy Spider is similar to Chica Chica Boom Boom in terms of illustrations. The Very Busy Spider utilizes a vast array of the color spectrum ranging from dark to light colors with a vivid orange and lime green for the spider. The illustrations are not overly detailed, so it does not distract the reader from the context of the story but rather
Illustrations: The illustrations use a variety of colours, but always include blue and red. They are full page, realistically drawn and relatable for children. For example, there are children playing hockey on the outdoor rink, and in a driveway.
Section 1: An animal I think represents me, is the spider. The spider symbolizes wisdom and a hardworking nature. First, I think I am hard working because I always try to do my best at whatever I do, even if I am bad at it. Also, I work as hard as possible, and I never go for minimum. In my picture, the spider is working hard to make a web. Second, I think I am wise because I think hard about my decisions before finalizing them to avoid making irrational decisions. I also consider myself fairly intelligent, which is a major part of being wise. I showed this in my picture through the color of the spider. I made it green, which represents wisdom.
By looking at the pictures in each of these books it is easy to see that the authors adapt the colors to help convey the storyline. In The Runaway Bunny the colors are very lively and rich in their tones. These types of colors help with the adventurous and exciting storyline. There are not many dark colors in this story which I also think is saying that this is not supposed to be a scary adventure story. In The Dream Book, the colors are very dark and bold. There are many dark night skies and I think that this helps to convey a story of dreams and bedtime. Children hear this story and feel relaxed and ready to close their eyes after a long day of fun.
In the poem A Noiseless Patient Spider, it begins by giving us a description of a common, little spider going throughout its life. A spider, on a rock, where it sat isolated, quietly as it casts out its web from in it's spinnerets into an emptiness by trying to examine the significant unknown that holds it. The speaker gives us some deep thoughts as we read through it, while making a connection between the actual life of the spider and with our own lives. As well as the speaker comparing it to his own lost life, he portrays to us that perhaps if he were to be more patient with his life that maybe he could enjoy how the spider goes about it's life and he wouldn't be so lost.
Dr. Seuss published a children's book called, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, in 1960 (Fensch 180). It was created to be part of the Beginner Book series. Just like Cat in The Hat, it was short in page length and word choice. He pooled from the list of 250 words him and his editor created (137). Looking at the book, it had only primary and secondary colors which he uses exceedingly well to make his unusual characters jump off the page. His illustrations different from anything that I have ever seen, which also makes them noticeable and fun to look at. Not to mention, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, this was one of my favorite books to read when I was very little. Being able to recreate a work
Throughout the centuries music and poems have evolved dramatically. Music has evolved from the slow acoustic strum of the harp to the upbeat and fast tempo of Electronic Dance Music, also known as EDM, created by a computer. However, music is not the only one that has evolved with time. Poetry itself has evolved over the many centuries, ranging from the great epic of Homer’s the “Odyssey” in the 8th century to the free verse of Walt Whitman’s “A Noiseless Patient Spider”. Many causes of these evolutions in both music and poetry was the change in beliefs and morals throughout history.
I absolutely love the text, A Bad Case of Stripes. The illustrators use of bright and vibrant colors have always appealed to me. While reading this text, I’m amazed at how the illustrations match certain details of the story perfectly. For example, at school Camilla and her classmates cite “the Pledge of Allegiance, Camilla’s stripes turned red, white, and blue…” The illustrations support the text perfectly, as Camilla is shown with red, white, and blue stripes. This reminds me of a statement in the textbook, “The picture book constructs an intertextuality between the textual and visual representations: the illustrations and text convey the relationship between the pictures and words” (Botelho & Rudman, 2009, pg. 167). While the illustrations
Color has many roles in stories but, one role that color can have in this wonderful story is that it shows the different regions of the story, as in the story, the Land of Munchkins was blue and the Quadlings is red. The Winkies were yellow and that showed the reader who is from where and this makes it easier to make the characters organized. Color plays a role in making symbolic meanings, All colors can have symbolic meaning and they show different meanings. Just like Glinda, she is a good witch and the colors she wears makes her bright and the colors make her seem good.
The writings On Being Brought from Africa to America by Phillis Wheatley and Upon a Spider Catching a Fly by Edward Taylor showed great similarities in their symbolism of public voice and spiritual voice.
Book 2: The illustrations in the book are all done on a black and white scratchboard by Beth Krommes, with a hint of yellow and orange thrown in once in a while which creates light and warmth throughout the story. Each page in the story defines or tells about an item which is then illustrated on the page. The hints of yellow create warmth, and since the story is set around the nighttime it generates and shows light in the darkness. The plot is all about the main character coming home and getting ready for bed and the scratchboard illustrations create a gorgeous setting for the
Was there an "aha"? If so, what was it? Was it too obvious, not obvious enough, or about right, any way?
When I was younger colorful books used to stand out to me. After reading the book the only part of the story that inspired me as a kid was the title One fish Two fish Red fish Blue fish. Being a child I took it as every fish was different. These fish came in all different shapes, sizes, and colors. It taught me that it was okay for a fish to stand out, and it was okay for them to be different. It was significant to me because it turned in interest in fish for me, and gave me a chance to bond with my grandpa and allowed me to grow very close with him. We used to go fishing on Harveys lake all the time, unfortunately his health now
Why/Rationale: I chose this book for an above grade level text because the chapters increase in pages, as well as illustrations. Illustrations are limited
The spider is a metaphor for the soul because the author juxtaposes how the spider is isolated and how the spider is trying to connect or reach out to something just like the author soul. The text states “ on a little promontory it stood isolated. ”This implies that the spider was lonely and isolated because the surrounding were vacant. The text also states “Surrounded, detached, in measureless oceans of space.” This shows how the author soul is is isolated within itself like in a empty space of water.
While the golden wheel spider’s physical strength can be noted as a structural adaptation, another notable adapt-ation of the spider is its physical appearance. The coloring of the spider is a pale creamy-white that helps it blend into the surrounding area of sand. This assists it with hiding in the open or under a shallow patch of sand when it cannot make a deep-enough burrow to hide