logging in or signing up some rivers end on the day of the dead book trailer EGranfors Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 45 Category: Entertainment License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: March 25, 2011 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description A quick summary of this multicultural YA book. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Some Rivers End on the Day of the Dead: Some Rivers End on the Day of the Dead By Eileen Clemens GranforsArt work by: Art work by Martha Rodriguez Estudio Martita Calavera-A-Go Go, used by permission Calacas = Skeletons of loved onesFall in love with Marisol: Fall in love with Marisol 14 year old Marisol must flee Mexico when her father. . .is shot in the drug wars.: is shot in the drug wars. He was on assignment. He is Marisol’s hero.Narrator: Narrator Marisol tells her story first-person with many humorous incidents and colorful, playful language.Dialect and Colloquialisms: Dialect and Colloquialisms Marisol struggles with American idioms such as “letting the cat out of the bag.”Marisol & her mom: Marisol & her mom Live under an oak tree Uncle Tomaso promises to protect themSchool becomes her refuge: School becomes her refuge She connects with her English teacher She enjoys writing She makes a friend, SylvanMarisol loves books.: Marisol loves books. She reads Great Expectations Of Mice and Men And even tries to read An American TragedyFire breaks out: Fire breaks out Evacuations are ordered Marisol loses contact with her familyCan she return to Mexico for El Dia de los Muertos?: Can she return to Mexico for El Dia de los Muertos?Is it safe? Is it possible?: Is it safe? Is it possible? How will she honor her father if she cannot reach Tijuana in time for the festival on the Day of the Dead?Obstacles stand in her way: Obstacles stand in her way Fire Transportation Money Misunderstandings Fear of the known and unknownThe Day of the Dead: The Day of the Dead A sacred holiday November 1 and 2 Celebrated with sugar skulls, altars to the dead Calacas (skeletons) Songs and processionsHow will Marisol’s life change?: How will Marisol’s life change? She is faced with many choices when she discovers family secrets.Read to find out more!: Read to find out more! Some Rivers End on the Day of the Dead On Amazon, Kindle/paperbackTHE END: THE END You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
some rivers end on the day of the dead book trailer EGranfors Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 45 Category: Entertainment License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: March 25, 2011 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description A quick summary of this multicultural YA book. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Some Rivers End on the Day of the Dead: Some Rivers End on the Day of the Dead By Eileen Clemens GranforsArt work by: Art work by Martha Rodriguez Estudio Martita Calavera-A-Go Go, used by permission Calacas = Skeletons of loved onesFall in love with Marisol: Fall in love with Marisol 14 year old Marisol must flee Mexico when her father. . .is shot in the drug wars.: is shot in the drug wars. He was on assignment. He is Marisol’s hero.Narrator: Narrator Marisol tells her story first-person with many humorous incidents and colorful, playful language.Dialect and Colloquialisms: Dialect and Colloquialisms Marisol struggles with American idioms such as “letting the cat out of the bag.”Marisol & her mom: Marisol & her mom Live under an oak tree Uncle Tomaso promises to protect themSchool becomes her refuge: School becomes her refuge She connects with her English teacher She enjoys writing She makes a friend, SylvanMarisol loves books.: Marisol loves books. She reads Great Expectations Of Mice and Men And even tries to read An American TragedyFire breaks out: Fire breaks out Evacuations are ordered Marisol loses contact with her familyCan she return to Mexico for El Dia de los Muertos?: Can she return to Mexico for El Dia de los Muertos?Is it safe? Is it possible?: Is it safe? Is it possible? How will she honor her father if she cannot reach Tijuana in time for the festival on the Day of the Dead?Obstacles stand in her way: Obstacles stand in her way Fire Transportation Money Misunderstandings Fear of the known and unknownThe Day of the Dead: The Day of the Dead A sacred holiday November 1 and 2 Celebrated with sugar skulls, altars to the dead Calacas (skeletons) Songs and processionsHow will Marisol’s life change?: How will Marisol’s life change? She is faced with many choices when she discovers family secrets.Read to find out more!: Read to find out more! Some Rivers End on the Day of the Dead On Amazon, Kindle/paperbackTHE END: THE END