In The Summer of the Mariposas, as in other literary works, several notable and thought-provoking themes develop over the course of the text. It is a big idea, a message that develops over the course of the text, emerging from the events and character responses in the text itself. In order to do this, students research a monster from Latin American folklore to choose.Īs English Language Arts educators know, theme is a nuanced concept. In the second half of the unit, students write a new scene for Summer of the Mariposas in which they modernize a different Latin American folklore monster in a similar manner to the other monsters chosen by McCall. The first half of the unit will focus on theme in Summer of the Mariposas, analyzing how the theme has developed over the text and writing summaries. In Unit 2, students will continue to read Summer of the Mariposas by Guadalupe Garcia McCall.
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