The clay marble by minfong ho book report

Bookshare accessible books for individuals with print disabilities. Minfong hos preface reveals her own personal journey guided by a magical clay marble, when she temporarily left college to volunteer with an international relief agency, setting up feeding programs for children in thaicambodian border refugee camps. The clay marble by minfong ho study guide by brilliance. As most of the books that fall under the title of childrens literature do, it depicts quite a mature. An ala best book for young adults and a publishers weekly best book, chinese cinderella is the story of author adeline yen mahs childhood.

Ho, who was a volunteer at the camps in the spring of 1980, clearly. Author of the clay marble, the clay marble, sing to the dawn, hush. Review your response to the focus activity on page 16. Written by minfong ho, audiobook narrated by christina moore. Instruct them to turn in a written report and write a persuasive speech to convince people in this country to support those organizations. The second song was played on the piano by my friend. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. But, i think it is a masterpiece, or better known as a classic. I own nothing in this video except for the voice over. What is best about the clay marble is that one of the three main characters is a male. At the beginning of the novel the relationship is supportive as sarun guides and leads the family towards nong chan, where there is supposed to be an abundance of food and supplies. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital. Ho excels at tropical description, evoking climate and flaura with skill. 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.

This detailed literature summary also contains topics for discussion and a free quiz on the clay marble. The clay marble sunburst book by minfong ho 1 edition first published in 1993 not in library. In minfong hos the clay marble, the life of a little girl as a cambodian refugee is all too real. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. The clay marble by minfong ho, is a great book about war, survival, friendship and overcoming adversity.

This book is about dara, a 12yearold girl refugee, and her experiences in. Many times books written for upper elementarymiddle school age group dont have great characters that represent both sexes, making them more male or female books. She believes a clay marble, having been invested with jantus magic, gives her the courage to get through her ordeals. 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. Drawing on her experience with a relief organization on the thai border, ho tells the. Narrator dara, 12, and the remnants of her family have arrived at a refugee camp soon after her fathers summary execution. Her father, rihhwa, was an economist and her mother, lienfung, was a chemist and a writer. In this book, she talks about the refugee problem in cambodia. The clay marble study guide minfong ho was born in 1951 in rangoon, burma. Minfong ho is an award winning chinese america author. In the late 1970s, 12yearold dara joins a refugee camp in wartorn cambodia and becomes separated from her family.

The clay marble by minfong ho is a book on courage, friendship, and obstacles. The clay marble by minfong ho goodreads share book. The clay marble by minfong ho 1993, paperback for sale. The clay marble book by minfong ho 6 available editions. Prereading webquest, vocabulary, characterization, character organizer, cambodia background information, cambodia presentation, pol pot biography questions, novel organizer, adjective wordle art, all in the head, book cover. Minfong ho, in awardwinning novels such as sing to the dawn, rice without rain, and the clay marble, presents realistic depictions of her native southeast asia. Minfong hos fine novel the clay marble tries to answer these difficult questions.

The clay marble book by minfong ho 7 available editions. 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. Clay marble by minfong ho in epub, fb2, txt download e book. The thesis of the clay marble by minfong ho is that magical clay marbles gives dara courage and independence. The clay marble, by minfong ho, was an interesting book, but i dont think kids my age would say that. Deitz shea listen, slowly by thanhha lai the clay marble by minfong ho the stone goddess by minfong ho. Author minfong ho, a cornell university graduate, and a burma born citizen, wrote the clay marble in 1991. I have tried to include everything a teacher would need to teach the book.

The book, the clay marble, is written by minfong ho about the war in cambodia. The clay marble is a 1991 childrens novel by minfong ho. I found this book excellent for young readers for the understanding of the horror of war. A communist group called the khmer rouge took control of the country and treated the people with great brutality. Daras family hears there is food in the refugee camps near the border, and they truly dont have a choice. This is a novel study to be used in the classroom with the clay marble by minfong ho. Characteristically focusing on strong female protagonists who interact with their families and friends against the backdrop of real events.

It is set in wartorn cambodia after the fall of the khmer rouge in the early 1980s. I chose to read it because i needed to read it for english independently and then write a comparison with another book. The clay marble study guide contains study questions arranged according to grouped chapters of the novel 14, 58, 912, 18. When the camp is bombed, jantu makes a magic marble out of clay that helps.

Minfong ho ho, minfong used books, rare books and new books. If they want to eat, they are going to have to go there. The clay marble has 7 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. The story of the clay marble, by minfong ho, takes place in cambodia during the late 1970s. 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. The clay marble by minfong ho is about a girl dara,12 and her family her brother sarunand her mother they are traveling to this border camp nong chan with limited food and supplies. Minfong ho in the late 1970s twelveyearold dara joins a refugee camp in wartorn cambodia and becomes separated from her family.

Clay marble by minfong ho in epub, fb2, txt download ebook. Dara is a twelve year old who as traveled many days with her family, searching for the border. Get the best deal by comparing prices from over 100,000 booksellers. Click download or read online button to get clay marble book now.

Many cambodians went to the border for food and shelter. The clay marble by minfong ho overview in the late 1970s twelveyearold dara joins a refugee camp in wartorn cambodia and becomes separated from her family. People my age would say a book like this would be dumb because they were forced to read it. Written for young readers, and set in a refugee camp on the thaicambodian border in 1980, marble tells the story of dara, a young cambodian girl who is forced out of her village by war. The clay marble a novel studythis is an 84 page complete novel study for the clay marble by minfong ho. Buy a cheap copy of the clay marble book by minfong ho. 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. Ho spent her childhood in singapore and thailand and became fluent in three languages. Dara and jantu are well drawn, but the rest of the characters are not much more than pasteboard figures. To ask other readers questions about the clay marble, please sign up.

Despite a potentially compelling story and setting, this novel never comes to life. The setting for this historical novel is wartorn cambodia. The clay marble has 6 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Thus in her books she usually tells about what happened in asian countries. Daras family was forced to leave their town in cambodia and moved to where the setting is, the border of cambodia and thailand. 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.