To improve literacy as well as cultural knowledge, I plan to have my students write a quarterly book report. Book selections will be based on recipients of the Pura Belpre Award: "The Pura Belpré Award, established in 1996, is presented annually to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth" (Pura Belpre Award, 2010).
The 2010 winner, Return to Sender by Julia Alvarez, focuses on the relationship between a farmer and his undocumented workers. Look here for a listing of past Pura Belpre winners.
Book reports will integrate the class' year-long theme of "my place in the world" and will ask students to compare/contrast their own places in the world with those of the characters in the books they read.
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