Her friends baby is injured, forcing jantu, a friend of dara, and her baby brother to go. Use the following to answer the questions in complete sentences on a separate piece of paper. Clay marble is a novel set in wartorn cambodia in 1980, after the fall of the communist regime khmer rouge. Dara and her family travel to the border, where they meet new friends and receive food. In minfong hos the clay marble, the life of a little girl as a cambodian refugee is all too real. While fleeing wartorn cambodia in 1980, 12yearold dara, her mother, and her older brother set up a makeshift home. Excitement wise, i think that the book had its ups and downs. 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. Anyway, jantus clay marble is most likely not magical, but it probably helped dara on the whole way to find her family because of the numerous parts of the book when she reached in her pocket and felt the clay marble that is, it gave her the courage and strength to keep going, and because she was so confident that the clay marble would help. Our online the clay marble trivia quizzes can be adapted to suit your requirements for taking some of the top the clay marble quizzes. Dara and her family have fled their wartorn cambodian village in the early 1980s for a refugee camp on the thaicambodian border.
The setting for this historical novel is wartorn cambodia during the early 1980s. I feel that this bk was very unappropriate for our age level for at 14, we surpass the recommended reading age group by two years. Overall, i think that the clay marble is a great novel, and i recommend it to all age groups young and old. 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 novel study by fun reading and writing. Clay marble by minfong ho scholastic books for kids. Bombs have gradually destroyed the huts and temple. Use this novel guide for the book the clay marble by minfong ho.
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. For years war has touched the cambodian village where twelveyearold dara lives. In striving to enrich the lives of all readers, teachingbooks supports the first amendment and celebrates the right to read. Nea is jantus older sister and babys older sister and she is also engaged to sarun though out most of the book. Person v persons person v self person v technology person v nature environment. It also shows how brave a girl can be and all the effects and sufferings of the war. Also has possible projects and a pcture book writing project with rubric. I left the book in my locker and since its friday, i cant go back and get it. In return, they get to add extra pages to fulfill their reading contract and a. You might also look for books at the library that are good examples. Its kinda ironic because jantu even prophesied that nea and sarun would fall in love and get married.
In the late 1970s, 12yearold dara joins a refugee camp in wartorn cambodia and becomes separated from her family. A study guide for the clay marble by minfong ho t he g lencoe l iteraturel ibrary i. This graphic organizer for the novel the clay marble by minfong ho has students complete information on the main c. For years war has touched the cambodian village where 12yearold dara lives. This is a 3 week literature study guide created as a part of illuminations year 6.
After reading a bonus novel, the student fills out an info sheet and takes a tf quiz. After being asked, maria sings i dreamt that i dwelt in marble halls, but mistakenly repeats the first verse twice. At the beginning of the book, hos dedication is a brief and moving three lines. My kabob keep a book onboard independent reading program revolves around bonus novels on the students bingo card. 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. Now with nothing to eat, dara and her family are walking to the border. I met my husband, john dennis, at an antiwar demonstration while we were both students at cornett. Shell kill me if she found out i didnt read chapters 912 of that book becuase i, stupidly, left it in my locker. But for those who wish to delve deeper, we have included a download code in each book for a digital version of.
In 1976, six years and more than three hundred letters later, we were married. Learn clay marble book with free interactive flashcards. Steindorf steam school school name two 24 hour attendance line. I have to read the clay mable book for my language arts class. Use examples from the book to explain any conflicts that dara is facing. 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. Nea and sarun fall in love after sarun and his family come to the refugee camp. Narrator dara, 12, and the remnants of her family have arrived at a refugee camp soon after her fathers summary execution. The story is set in cambodia, who is in the midst of a war. Twelveyear old dara and her family have just arrived at a refugee camp on the thaicambodian border where they make friends with nea, her cousin jantu, and their family. 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.
Booksource is the premier trade book distributor to k12 school classrooms across the country. They have heard of a refugee camp near thailand, far away from danger. The clay marble by minfong ho meet your next favorite book. The book, the clay marble, is written by minfong ho about the war in cambodia. Clay marble novel quiz, clay marble novel test by kabob tpt. It is about a girl named dara and her friend jantu, and illustrates the struggles they face. The clay marble by minfong ho a sunburst book, farrar straus giroux, 1991. The clay marble, although directed towards younger audiences, expresses a message about war, loss, and friendship beautifully in its simplicity. A novel study for the clay marble by minfong ho copyright 2010, novel ideas, inc. The clay marble is a 1991 childrens novel by minfong ho. Choose from 291 different sets of clay marble book flashcards on quizlet. Fleeing wartorn cambodia in 1980, dara, her mother, and her older. Character maps, graphic organizers, vocabulary, and tests with constructed response and vocabulary matching.
In the beginning he breaks jantus creations and master pieces and goes off laughing about it. This is the story of dara, a twelveyearold cambodian refugee. As a class, we have just completed reading the clay marble by minfong ho. Recently, soldiers marched into town and burned all the rice seed. He shows up a lot when jantu and dara get separated from their families then each other. Does somebody know where you can read the book online. 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.