Our rbdigital platform distributes the broadest array of digital content typesincluding audiobooks, video, magazines, ebooks, education, and entertainmentall in one powerful app. 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. Nea is jantus older sister and babys older sister and she is also engaged to sarun though out most of the book. The clay marble top results of your surfing the clay marble start download portable document format pdf and ebooks electronic books free online rating news 20162017 is books that can provide inspiration, insight, knowledge to the reader. The clay marble study guide 15 save work for tfolio. In the late 1970s, 12yearold dara joins a refugee camp in wartorn cambodia and becomes. I left the book in my locker and since its friday, i cant go back and get it. The clay marble by minfong ho meet your next favorite book.
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In striving to enrich the lives of all readers, teachingbooks supports the first amendment and celebrates the right to read. Today 95 percent of the cambodian population is buddhist. Fleeing wartorn cambodia in 1980, dara, her mother, and her older. 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 is a 1991 childrens novel by minfong ho. May 15, 2016 when khmer rouge soldiers arrive to burn the farmers rice seed, daras cambodian village already lies in rubble after years of bombing. 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. The clay marble by minfong ho minfong hos fine novel the clay marble tries to answer these difficult questions. What kind of tree did they decide not to have in the toy village. For the little girl who gave me a clay marble on my first day at the border. Does somebody know where you can read the book online.
A comprehensive database of the clay marble quizzes online, test your knowledge with the clay marble quiz questions. Fleeing wartorn cambodia in 1980, dara, her mother, and her older brother find sanctuary in a refugee settlement on the thailand border, but when fighting erupts, dara finds herself separated from everyone and everything she loves. Although it was sometimes boring, things suddenly turned around and the most unexpected things happen. Jantu is one of the many people dara meets in her refugee camp. Clay marble novel quiz, clay marble novel test by kabob tpt. Use this novel guide for the book the clay marble by minfong ho. Use examples from the book to explain any conflicts that dara is facing.
Use the following to answer the questions in complete sentences on a separate piece of paper. Nov 24, 20 alexandria ocasiocortez talks bernie sanders, the 2020 census and her new puppy duration. 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. Overall, i think that the clay marble is a great novel, and i recommend it to all age groups young and old. 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. Oct 20, 2012 this feature is not available right now. The clay marble teacher guide by novel units paperback april 11, 2012 by novel units author. She is a brilliant little girl, who is creative and loves to invent and create. The refugee camp at the thailand border, to which daras family escapes, promises a respite from the horrors, with food and safety guaranteed. You might also look for books at the library that are good examples ture book that explains or gives a simple lesson about an idea in this section of the. The setting for this historical novel is wartorn cambodia during the early 1980s. Sep 26, 2008 i have to read the clay mable book for my language arts class. Who went to watch sarun march in the flag ceremony. Now with nothing to eat, dara and her family are walking to the border.
Because clay marbles were produced so prolifically they were referred to as commons or commies. The clay marble, although directed towards younger audiences, expresses a message about war, loss, and friendship beautifully in its simplicity. Eleven years after those small hands shaped a lump of clay, ho has added some magic of her own, and given us all a fine gift. At the beginning of the book, hos dedication is a brief and moving three lines. She makes many things for dara and her to play with. Bombs have gradually destroyed the huts and temple. A study guide for the clay marble by minfong ho t he g lencoe l iteraturel ibrary i. The clay marble by minfong ho a sunburst book, farrar straus giroux, 1991. Recently, soldiers marched into town and burned all the rice seed. Its kinda ironic because jantu even prophesied that nea and sarun would fall in love and get married. The clay marble the clay marble audiobook, by minfong ho.
After reading a bonus novel, the student fills out an info sheet and takes a tf quiz. She makes a doll house out of clay and various things she found. 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. Also has possible projects and a pcture book writing project with rubric. My kabob keep a book onboard independent reading program revolves around bonus novels on the students bingo card. It is about a girl named dara and her friend jantu, and illustrates the struggles they face.
The clay marble is a very good book because it has very fine details and paints a good picture in my imagination. What did dara and jantu talk about on the way back to the base camp. This detailed literature summary also contains topics for discussion and a free quiz on the clay marble. Learn clay marble book with free interactive flashcards. A communist group called the khmer rouge took control of the country and treated the people with great brutality. The clay marble study guide free to practice religion again. Dara spends most of her time watching jantu make all of her wonderful toys and playing with them afterwards. Jan 31, 2008 we are reading this is class and my teacher wants the book free online. The clay marble novel study by fun reading and writing resources. Dara later in the book gets seperated from her family and jantu and chany helps her survive intil she finds them. Choose from 291 different sets of clay marble book flashcards on quizlet. As most of the books that fall under the title of childrens literature do, it depicts quite a mature image with meaningful themes, hiding behind the innocence of a childs book. Ebook the clay marble as pdf download portable document format.
I have to read the clay mable book for my language arts class. People were forced to leave the cities and work as farmers in the fields. In the late 1970s, 12yearold dara joins a refugee camp in wartorn cambodia and becomes separated from her family. It is set in wartorn cambodia after the fall of the khmer rouge in the early 1980s. This graphic organizer for the novel the clay marble by minfong ho has students complete information on the main c. This is when jantu says the fun isnt playing with it after you make it, its in making the toy. Written for young readers, and set in a refugee camp on the thaicambodian border in, marble tells the story of dara, a young cambodian girl who is. The main characters, dara and sarun, flee their crumbling village in siem reap and head to a refugee camp on the border of cambodia and thailand, hoping to get supplies and food to help them start over. Marbles that are more rare and difficult to find are valued higher than more common marbles. Excitement wise, i think that the book had its ups and downs. The story is set in cambodia, who is in the midst of a war. Recorded books is the largest independent producer of audiobooks in the world. Clay marble is a novel set in wartorn cambodia in 1980, after the fall of the communist regime khmer rouge. The book also has lots of characters to try to understand.
What did the speeches the girls heard over the loudspeaker mean. In return, they get to add extra pages to fulfill their reading contract and a place on their bi. Clay marble by minfong ho scholastic books for kids. In the late 1970s, 12yearold dara joins a refugee camp in wartorn. These clay marbles are still relatively common, which reduces their value. This study guide consists of approximately 39 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of the clay marble. Character maps, graphic organizers, vocabulary, and tests with constructed response and vocabulary matching. Dara and her family travel to the border, where they meet new friends and receive food.
In the space provided, use quotes from the book to prove how the khmer rouge used inhuman tactics to rule cambodia. In the beginning he breaks jantus creations and master pieces and goes off laughing about it. For years war has touched the cambodian village where twelveyearold dara lives. I doubt your english teacher told you to go on the internet to summarize a book that you were supose to read. Nea and sarun fall in love after sarun and his family come to the refugee camp. When the khmer rouge communists took over cambodia in 1975, all forms of ing of the spiritual world. In minfong hos the clay marble, the life of a little girl as a cambodian refugee is all too real.
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