Fiction Evaluation Form

(Picture Books, Folklore, Modern Fantasy, Contemporary Realistic Fiction, Historical Fiction, Multicultural Books)

Your Name: ​Abigail Torres-Jimenez Book Title: ​When Rosa Parks Went Fishing
Author: Rachel Ruiz Illustrator: ​Chiara Fedele

Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher/Year: ​Capstone/2018

EVALUATE THE BOOK USING THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS

STYLE and Language​: Using examples from the book, e​xplain the following: word choices, dialogue,
rhythm, rhyme and sentence length. Also, explain unexpected insights or interesting information the reader
learns from the story. Give examples.
The word choice in the book is semi-simple because its straightforward yet isn’t overly
simplified that a child wouldn’t be able to benefit from it as far as advancing their vocabulary
and comprehension. The sentence length varies throughout the book but is moderate as it
has more than three sentences but its creating paragraph on paragraph per page.

CHARACTER – With examples from the book give the following: ​Who is the main character? Explain the
character’s personality traits.
How can the reader relate to the character, become involved in the story?
Who are the supporting characters?
The main character is a young Rosa Parks. Rosa is optimistic, brave and adventurous yet is in
tune with her and her families reality about the Jim Crow laws. The reader can relate to Rosa
because she is a young child that believes everyone deserves respect yet isn’t given any due
to the color of her skin. The supporting characters are her family, teachers, and husband.

1. PLOT: ​summarize the major events in the story-

The book begins with Rosa being pushed by a white boy and her pushing him back stating she
didn’t want to be pushed as she wasn’t bothering him. The book goes on by Rosa’s mom
explaining the laws that were set that cause people to be mean and disrespectful towards
people of color. The story continues with a sort of biography of young Rosa’s life leading up
to the time she didn’t stand up in the bus.
 2.SETTING ​– Explain the place and time of the book.
​ hat is the story’s theme/message?
THEME- W

Setting: ​The book setting changes but the main setting is school and time starts in the 1920s
Theme: ​The theme of the book is to stand up for what you believe is right.

ILLUSTRATION –​Analyze the illustrations for the book you selected (see Chapter 4) with the categories
below:
Choose a 2-page spread in the book to answer the following:
What Style​ ​(realism, surrealism, expressionism, impressionism, naïve, cartoon art)? ​The style of the book is realism
with cartoon art because all illustration are real yet are illustrated as if they were cartoons.

Media choices ​(paints, oils watercolors, pencil, pen, charcoal, crayons, acrylic, chalk​) : ​The media used is oil
watercolors.

Give examples and describe how the following visual elements are used in the illustrations​:
Line: ​The lines in the illustrations are curved giving the effect of life like imagines.
Shapes ​The shapes found in the book are circles, ovals, squares and rectangles.
Color ​The color of the book is warm neutral fall colors such as greens and blues.
Texture ​Texture in the book is smooth due to the media choice.

Explain how​ ​illustration​ and ​text​ ​are combined to tell the story. What do illustrations show that text does not
explain? ​The
illustration on page 6 sets the setting and give some detail of what the text
provides such as the farm on which Rosa and her family live on.

Page design: ​Summarize the following​:​ p​ lacement of illustrations and text; the use of borders and white/dark space; are both
pages designed the same or differently? ​On
page six and seven the illustration of the book takes up the
whole two pages and the text is centered in the second page. There is no white space or dark
space in he illustration

CHILD DEVELOPMENT THEORIES​ – ​CHOOSE​ 2 ​of​ ​theories below and evaluate the book according to the
developmental theories. (How the book fits the developmental stage and age?)

PIAGET-COGNITIVE-INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT
Name the stage___​Concrete Operational​__________________________ and the
age___​7-11_​______

Explain the cognitive development from the stage: ​Begin to use concepts
of time, space, volume and number.
Give examples from the book show how the book fits the cognitive stage: ​When Rosa Parks went
fishing is a great way to explain past events in the matter that it follow Rosa life from a young
child in the 1920s to the 1940s. The book provides a year timeline allowing children to have a
timeframe of the occurrences in the book.

ERIKSON – PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Name the stage __________________________________ and the age_____________________

Explain the social development for this stage:

Give examples from the book that support the social development of this stage:

Emotional DEVELOPMENT
Identify the Age _____​7-11​____________________
Explain the emotional development for the age​:​ ​Self-conscious emotions become part of inner
standards for right actions

Using examples from the book, explain how the book fits the emotional development of the age:
The book best present the self-conscious emotions in the first page where Rosa is pushed
down by a boy as she is walking. Rosa explains to her mom that the boy shouldn’t have
pushed her as she wasn't’ bothering him. Another example, of Rosa being aware of her
emotions is when she has to leave school to help care for her grandmother, Rosa explains
that her family is important but still feels sad of having to leave school.

2. Overall Rating of the book (3 highest - 1 lowest) 1 2 ​3

Comments: (Support your overall rating)

I really likes this book as it provides a historical time and event in a matter that young
children can relate to. The book is simple yet provides some challenge of which would help a
child advance their vocabulary and comprehension.