Marisol Mcdonald Doesnt Match-Long Form
Marisol Mcdonald Doesnt Match-Long Form
(Picture Books, Folklore, Modern Fantasy, Contemporary Realis c Fic on, Historical Fic on, Mul cultural Books)
Your Named: Wendy Cooper Book Title: Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match
Author: Monica Brown Illustrator: Sara Palacios
STYLE and Language: Explain the language used – word choices, sentence length, dialogue, rhythm, rhyme.
Explain unexpected insights or interes ng informa on the reader learns from the story. Give examples form
the book for each one:
CHARACTER – Who is the main character? Explain the character’s personality traits. How can the reader
relate to the character, become involved in the story?
Who are the suppor ng characters? Give examples of each from the book.
1. PLOT: (Explains the major events in the story.) Summarize the plot
Marisol MacDonald doesn’t match. She is a Peruvian-Sco sh-American. She has mixed features and
chooses to mix and match everything from her clothes to her food. She like who she is, but one day
she tries to match and is miserable.
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ILLUSTRATION –Analyze the illustra ons in the book (see Chapter 4 for details on the categories below.)
Choose a 2-page spread in the book to answer the following:
What Style (realism, surrealism, expressionism, impressionism, naïve, cartoon art)?
Realism
Illustra on and Text: explain how illustra on and text combined to tell the story.
Then, explain what illustra ons show that text does not explain?
3. CHILD DEVELOPMENT THEORIES – CHOOSE 2 of theories below and evaluate the book according to the
developmental theories. (How the book ts the developmental stage and age?)
PIAGET-COGNITIVE-INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT
Name the stage Period: Preopera onal and the age: 2-7
Explain ONE cogni ve development trait from the stage: Rapid development of concepts
Give examples from the book show how the book ts that trait and cogni ve stage: Marisol realizes
that she is di erent and is okay with it.
EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Iden fy the Age: PreK
Explain ONE emo onal development trait for this age: Begin to recognize characteris cs that make
them unique.
Give examples from the book to illustrate that emo onal development trait and this age: She tells
her cousin that she knows she looks di erent from the rest of her family.
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