October 2023 sees us reading another brand-new book, hot off the press! I read Kolam Kanna just about a month ago, and I loved it. What’s not to love about a kolam-drawing child with friends who stand up for him? Here’s what we’ll do as we read this book.
Kolam
Have you read Susheela’s Kolams? If we can, we will read the story together. But whether we can or not, we will try to make a kolam in class. I remember being fascinated by kolams because of the geometry and patterns. I was never good at drawing, but I loved the idea of creating a simple but quite fancy-looking kolam all based on a framework of dots.
I’ve written about art integration before. It’s an important part of learning!
Themes
All too often, book club discussions follow the pattern of ‘what-do-you-think-of …’ This time, I would like the children to discuss what they think the themes of the book are. Will they talk about diversity? The class divide? Gender stereotypes? Without nudging them in a direction of my choice, I want to see where there conversation will go!
Dialogue Writing
I love the use of dialogue in Vibha Batra’s books! Using an excerpt from the book as our mentor text, we will explore dialogue writing, paying attention to both our choice of words and the structure of dialogue.
Come, read with us!
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