Book: The Name Jar
Author and Illustrator: Yangsook Choi
Publisher: Dragonfly Books
Publication date: 2001
Supports Diverse Protagonist
Picture Book
Lexile Score: AD290L
Target Audience: Preschool - 2nd Grade
Brief Summary
This is the story of a young girl named Unhei who moves to America from Korea. She is embarrassed of her name because of the way the kids say it. Unhei tells the students in her classroom that she does not have a name so they all put names in a jar for her to choose from. Unhei goes through a lot of self-discovery in this story by communicating with her grandma back in Korea, talking with the new store owner she has met, and talking to the new friend she makes in school. Her name means a whole lot more to her after all this self-discovery.
Evaluation: 27/32
Illustration - 4
Storyline - 4
Appropriateness - 4
Problems/Resolutions - 4
Stereotyping - 3
Relatability - 2
*not a lot of students can relate to coming from another country and having an unfamiliar name but some can come from other schools.*
Readability/Cohesiveness - 3
Critical Thinking - 3
This book is very well written in showing a foreign student's struggle when it comes to their name or interests. I would read it in my classroom if we were ever to have a foreign student or even when a student needs a friend to support them like Unhei's new friend supported her.
Literary Elements
1. Dialogue - This book is filled with dialogue between different characters. It shows a lot of talking and it shows readers who are learning to write stories that dialogue is helpful to see the character's thoughts and conversations with others. If I were a teacher using this book to teach a lesson on a literary element, I would use it to teach dialogue. Due to the amount of dialogue, this book provides many examples that students can use to refer back to.
2. Flashback - The author creates a flashback of the time Unhei was in the airport talking to her grandma before she left Korea.
3. Simile - An example of a simile from the book is "A big graffiti-painted garbage truck roared like a lion as it took off down the street."
Lexile Score: AD290L
Target Audience: Preschool - 2nd Grade
Brief Summary
This is the story of a young girl named Unhei who moves to America from Korea. She is embarrassed of her name because of the way the kids say it. Unhei tells the students in her classroom that she does not have a name so they all put names in a jar for her to choose from. Unhei goes through a lot of self-discovery in this story by communicating with her grandma back in Korea, talking with the new store owner she has met, and talking to the new friend she makes in school. Her name means a whole lot more to her after all this self-discovery.
Evaluation: 27/32
Illustration - 4
Storyline - 4
Appropriateness - 4
Problems/Resolutions - 4
Stereotyping - 3
Relatability - 2
*not a lot of students can relate to coming from another country and having an unfamiliar name but some can come from other schools.*
Readability/Cohesiveness - 3
Critical Thinking - 3
This book is very well written in showing a foreign student's struggle when it comes to their name or interests. I would read it in my classroom if we were ever to have a foreign student or even when a student needs a friend to support them like Unhei's new friend supported her.
Literary Elements
1. Dialogue - This book is filled with dialogue between different characters. It shows a lot of talking and it shows readers who are learning to write stories that dialogue is helpful to see the character's thoughts and conversations with others. If I were a teacher using this book to teach a lesson on a literary element, I would use it to teach dialogue. Due to the amount of dialogue, this book provides many examples that students can use to refer back to.
2. Flashback - The author creates a flashback of the time Unhei was in the airport talking to her grandma before she left Korea.
3. Simile - An example of a simile from the book is "A big graffiti-painted garbage truck roared like a lion as it took off down the street."
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