Narrator dara, 12, and the remnants of her family have arrived at a refugee camp soon after her fathers summary execution. Clay marble is a novel set in wartorn cambodia in 1980, after the fall of the communist regime khmer rouge. Events like the bombing at nong chan camp are pure genius. At the beginning of the book, hos dedication is a brief and moving three lines. The clay marble by minfong ho, is a great book about war, survival, friendship and overcoming adversity. The clay marble a novel studythis is an 84 page complete novel study for the clay marble by minfong ho.
The clay marble strives to make the the pain of the wars in southeast asia accessible to young readers who are unfamiliar with the history of the region. These clay marbles are still relatively common, which reduces their value. While fleeing wartorn cambodia in 1980, 12yearold dara, her mother, and her older brother set up a makeshift home. Dara and her family travel to the border, where they meet new friends and receive food. In the late 1970s, 12yearold dara joins a refugee camp in wartorn cambodia and becomes separated from her family. Its kinda ironic because jantu even prophesied that nea and sarun would fall in love and get married. What is best about the clay marble is that one of the three main characters is a male. Excitement wise, i think that the book had its ups and downs. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form.
In the begaining when they first go to the camp sarun is all about getting home as fast as they can with rice seed and rice, so they can begin the. Drawing on her experience with a relief organization on the thai border, ho tells the story of a cambodian family, fleeing the rival factions of the 80s while hoping to gather resources to return to farming in their homeland. It is a refugee story about a family describing survival, courage, love, friendship and how war turns children into adults. Prereading webquest, vocabulary, characterization, character organizer, cambodia background information, cambodia presentation, pol pot biography questions, novel organizer, adjective wordle art, all in the. I have tried to include everything a teacher would need to teach the book. Many times books written for upper elementarymiddle school age group dont have great characters that represent both sexes, making them more male or. Character maps, graphic organizers, vocabulary, and tests with constructed response and vocabulary matching. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by. But, i think it is a masterpiece, or better known as a classic. Daras is one of the thousands of cambodian families separated or destroyed by war, but there is hope as she and her brother and mother head for a refugee. Ho continues to write books for children and young adults. The main characters in the book are dara a twelve year old girl, her brother sarun and jantu. The setting for this historical novel is wartorn cambodia during the early 1980s.
The setting for this historical novel is wartorn cambodia during the early. I own nothing in this video except for the voice over. In striving to enrich the lives of all readers, teachingbooks supports the first amendment and celebrates the right to read. Dara gets to know jantu, neas year old cousin, who teases her and shows the food truck where they get portions of food. Person v persons person v self person v technology person v nature environment. The clay marble, by minfong ho, was an interesting book, but i dont think kids my age would say that. It is set in wartorn cambodia after the fall of the khmer rouge in the early 1980s. When the camp is bombed, jantu makes a magic marble out of clay that helps dara track down her family and then return to the hospital for jantu and her brother. The book, the clay marble written by minfong ho is a novel playing during the civil war in the border area of cambodia and thailand. Ebook the clay marble as pdf download portable document.
Nea and sarun fall in love after sarun and his family come to the refugee camp. The clay marble news newspapers books scholar jstor august 2015 learn how and when to remove this template. This novel for young adults is set during the mid1970s in cambodia, during a period when the country was ruled by the khmer rouge, a communist dictatorship. Rbdigital audio pub library childrensyoung adult collection rbdigital unlimited audio schools 912 collection. The lastest of last minute works ever produced, this video summarises the entirety of the novel the clay marble by mingfong ho. Clay marble by minfong ho in epub, fb2, txt download e book. Because clay marbles were produced so prolifically they were referred to as commons or commies.
This book is about dara, a 12yearold girl refugee, and her experiences in cambodia in the 1980s. This detailed literature summary also contains topics for discussion and a free quiz on the clay marble. This is a 3 week literature study guide created as a part of illuminations year 6. The second song was played on the piano by my friend. As most of the books that fall under the title of childrens literature do. Use examples from the book to explain any conflicts that dara is facing. Nea is jantus older sister and babys older sister and she is also engaged to sarun though out most of the book. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. This is a novel study to be used in the classroom with the clay marble by minfong ho. There are many ways in which to learn about the different characters in a book. Her father, rihhwa, was an economist and her mother, lienfung, was a chemist and a writer.
The book, the clay marble, is written by minfong ho about the war in cambodia. Overall, i think that the clay marble is a great novel, and i recommend it to all age groups young and old. Marble condition, the number of chips or cracks in it, affects the value of it. It is about a girl named dara and her friend jantu, and illustrates the struggles they face. In 1848 a german glass blower invented the marble scissors a mold to make marbles that revolutionized the.
But i think the most tragic, exciting, breathtaking, and the best part of te story, was when one of daras newly aquired and most beloved friend, jantu was shot by a member of surans own squad. The story is set in cambodia, who is in the midst of a war. In this book, she talks about the refugee problem in. Her friends baby is injured, forcing jantu, a friend of dara, and her baby brother to go. This graphic organizer for the novel the clay marble by minfong ho has students complete information on the main c. Use this novel guide for the book the clay marble by minfong ho. In minfong hos the clay marble, the life of a little girl as a cambodian refugee is all too real.
The clay marble by minfong ho study guide by brilliance. Choose from 291 different sets of clay marble book flashcards on quizlet. Clay marble by minfong ho in epub, fb2, txt download ebook. Marbles that are more rare and difficult to find are valued higher than more common marbles. Ho spent her childhood in singapore and thailand and became fluent in. The clay marble by minfong ho a sunburst book, farrar straus giroux, 1991. Chapter 12 nea explains to dara how food rations are distributed each week to the families and how the families usually share their portions with the. Shell kill me if she found out i didnt read chapters 912 of that book becuase i, stupidly, left it in my locker. The clay marble literature study guide bright ideas press. When the camp is bombed, jantu makes a magic marble out of clay that helps dara. This title is part of or scheduled to be part of the following subscriptions. In this book, she talks about the refugee problem in cambodia. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws.
Also has possible projects and a pcture book writing project with rubric. She was forced to flee her home because of a war with khmer rouge. Like clay dolls themselves, hos rice without rain characters seem to walk through. In the late 1970s twelveyearold dara joins a refugee camp in war. Thus in her books she usually tells about what happened in asian countries. He also becomes engaged to nea who is one of people dara and her family meet when they are forced to go to a refugee camp.
People my age would say a book like this would be dumb because they were forced to read it. The clay marble study guide contains study questions arranged according to grouped chapters of the novel 14, 58, 912, 18. I left the book in my locker and since its friday, i cant go back and get it. Our students will never fully understand the idea of being a refugee in your own country, but there are books that can make the terrors and hardships a little more of a reality for them. Does somebody know where you can read the book online. Learn clay marble book with free interactive flashcards. I have to read the clay mable book for my language arts class. I chose to read it because i needed to read it for english independently and then write a comparison with another book.
Find clay marble lesson plans and teaching resources. In 1815 the earliest book on marbles was published in england. The clay marble by minfong ho meet your next favorite book. The clay marble is a 1991 childrens novel by minfong ho. It also shows how brave a girl can be and all the effects and sufferings of the war. The clay marble study guide minfong ho was born in 1951 in rangoon, burma.
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