Before Reading
Students can be asked to anticipate from the cover and title page what type of book this is. Brainstorm the word ‘remembering’ in the title. Older students can be taught the word ‘memoir’ for a book about personal history.
Who do you think is remembering?
Read the blurb on the back of the book. Does the blurb help you understand what the book is going to be about?
Who do you think is remembering?
Read the blurb on the back of the book. Does the blurb help you understand what the book is going to be about?
Beginning to read
Read the first three double pages:
1. Introduction to the house. 2. The garden and the creek. 3. The kitchen and bottling of fruit. What do you notice about the illustrations? What has Bronwyn Bancroft included in each of the borders around the pages? Can you see the special object from each of her memories repeated in the border and included in the pattern. |
Continue reading
Things that Bronwyn values???
The last two pages in the memoir say ...
"I've always been taught to cherish older people and their stories because they are a direct link to the past.
I wanted to tell you this story now so that one day you might do the same."
What parts of her life are important to her? What does she cherish?
Is place important? Why?
Is family important? Why?
Is story important? Why?
What do we learn about Bronwyn when we read her story?
"I've always been taught to cherish older people and their stories because they are a direct link to the past.
I wanted to tell you this story now so that one day you might do the same."
What parts of her life are important to her? What does she cherish?
Is place important? Why?
Is family important? Why?
Is story important? Why?
What do we learn about Bronwyn when we read her story?