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Character: With examples from the book, provide the following- (5 points)
Who is the main character?
How can the reader relate to the character?
Who are the supporting characters?
The main characters are the people who originally came across dinosaur remains and
studied them.
The reader relates to the character because as a young child, you are always able to
explore and find new things outdoors.
The supporting characters are the children in the book.
The ancient Chinese decided that dinosaur bones came from dragons.
Setting: Explain the place and time of this book. (2 points)
Theme: What is the main message of this book? (2 points)
The setting takes place outdoors, in the past.
The main message of this book is to inform the reader that dinosaur bones could
have come from anywhere and we are still learning about dinosaur existence today.
Illustration: Analyze the book you selected with the following categories
Style (realism, surrealism, expressionism, impressionism, naïve, cartoon art)? (2
points)
Representational
Media Choice (paints, oils watercolors, pencils, pen, charcoal, crayons, acrylic, chalk):
(2 points)
The illustrations represent the majority of the page. There are no borders used in
this book and the pages all flow well.
Why? I would recommend this book for a student in the second grade, as the child
would be able to understand that we are still learning about things in this world that
were discovered a long time ago.