Upside Down and Backwards is by Diane Gonzales Bertrand. This book is a combination of English and Spanish stories. Half of the book is in English while the other half is in Spanish. Similar to the title, when a reader wants to switch from one language to the other, the reader has to flip the book upside down and backwards! I think it is so neat that both languages are in the entire book. This will allow students who are not fluent in one of the languages to still feel that they are on the same path as the other students in the classroom. There are many stories that make up the entirety of this book. All of them are short and well written with humor and creativity.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Upside Down and Backwards
Posted by Madeline at Tuesday, July 29, 2008
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Hey Maddie! I agree that the stories are creative and very funny. I think that students would enjoy reading this book for those reasons. They could even choose the stories they want to read instead of reading hte entire book. A craft lesson that could be done for this book is to have students write thier own short stories of some of their own real life events. Then they could share them with the class.
I loved this book because of its humor and creativity as well. I loved how the book was composed of numerous short stories that all children could relate to. Each story had a very valuable lesson in it.
Maddie! I totally agree about how the stories well go great with either a spanish or english speaker. I also like this book because all the stories are a little bit different so it keeps you interested. I think this would be a great book to share with a class because they could tell some funny stories of their own after reading this book. HORRY MADDIE!
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