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COMMON CORE-ALIGNED TEACHER GUIDE about this book The world is big. Anna is sma

COMMON CORE-ALIGNED TEACHER GUIDE about this book The world is big. Anna is small. The snow is everywhere and all around. But one night . . . One night, her mother takes her to the ballet, and everything is changed—Anna finds a beauty inside herself that she cannot contain. So begins the journey of a girl who will one day grow up to be the most famous prima ballerina of all time, and who will inspire legions of dancers after her: the brave, the generous, the transcendently gifted Anna Pavlova. 978-1-4521-1890-1 • $17.99 hc 978-1-4521-3060-6 • $11.99 EB ages 6-9 • f&p text level gradient: P • Lexile® measure: AD 380L about this guide This teacher guide contains discussion questions and activities aligned with the Common Core State Standards. See inside for reference to the Reading and Writing strands and grade- specific standards. by laurel snyder illustrated by julie morstad The life and dance of anna pavlova pre-reading activities Help the class understand the meaning of passion by asking students to draw themselves engaged in a favorite activity such as dance, gymnastics, football, basketball, art, music, acting, or reading. Instruct them to write a brief explanation of how they discovered their passion or why they enjoy this activity. Ask them to share their passion with a partner or in front of the class while displaying their self-portrait. Correlates with CCSS SL. 2-4.4. Ask the class to name words that best describe a swan. Words to consider include “graceful,” “elegant,” and “flowing.” Then play the movement called “Swan” from Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns and direct the class to move with the music, exploring motions inspired by the descriptive words. Correlates with CCSS SL. 2-4.5. while reading: questions related to text and illustrations 1. Explain to the class that in picture books, illustrations tell the story along with the text. What do the cover and the title page of the book reveal about Anna Pavlova’s passion? 2. What is Anna’s life like with her mother in the city? Ask students to explain their responses based on specific details in the text or the illustrations. Why is she looking out the window at the beginning of the book? How does the window represent a bigger world? 3. Ask students to share where they think Anna’s mother is taking her on the first page of the book. Why is her mother smiling? Why does Anna feel so small? 4. Describe Anna’s reaction to the ballet Sleeping Beauty. How does the illustrator draw attention to Anna in the audience scene at the ballet? 5. Discuss how young Anna reveals her passion for dance. What is her mother’s reaction to her desire to study ballet? Anna’s mother first takes her to ballet school when she is eight years old. What do the footprints to and from the door of the ballet school reveal? Ask students to explain how Anna’s passion keeps her from giving up on her dream. 6. How does dance give Anna a better life than what she knew as a child? Why isn’t this enough for her? 7. Ask the class to explain the following statement: “Somewhere, there are people who haven’t heard the music.” 8. Discuss the significance of the empty stage and the floating feathers at the end of the book. Ask the class what they think of the following text: “Every day must end in night.” What does night represent? 9. Ask students to share three words to describe Anna and to explain their responses using specific details from the text. Correlates with CCSS RL. 2-4.1, 2-4.3,2-4.4, 2-4.7, 2.5; L. 2-4.1, 2-4.3, 2-4.5; SL. 2-4.2, 2-4.3. con t in u ed 2 The author uses figurative language to describe Anna Pavlova’s life as a dancer. Review the definitions of metaphor and personification. Challenge students to find examples of these types of figurative language in the text. What are the images or emotions created by such rich language? Correlates with CCSS RL. 2-4.4, L. 3-4.5. A choreographer is a person who plans and arranges dance movements. Mikhail Fokine choreographed “The Dying Swan” for Anna Pavlova, and it became her signature dance. Divide the class into small groups and instruct students to try their hand at choreography. Suggest they use a familiar picture book or poem for inspiration, and offer guidance in selecting music if necessary. Correlates with CCSS RL. 2-4.7. For schools that have access to streaming video, have students watch Anna Pavlova perform “The Dying Swan.” Find a later version of “The Dying Swan” online as well, and compare this to Anna’s performance. What differences do students notice? Which performance do they find more powerful and why? Correlates with CCSS SL. 2-4.3. What additional information about Anna Pavlova does the author provide in the “From the Author” section at the end of the book? Ask students to write a letter that a child in another country may have written to Anna after seeing her dance. Correlates with CCSS W. 2-4.3. after reading con t in u ed 3 FOR MORE INFORMATION OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS TEACHER GUIDE, CONTACT JAIME WONG AT JAIME_WONG@CHRONICLEBOOKS.COM. about the Author about the Illustrator Introduce students to Edgar Degas’s oil paintings of ballet dancers. Images are available on the Internet, or in Dancing with Degas by Julie Merberg and Suzanne Bober (Chronicle Books, 2003). Direct students to paint a picture of Anna Pavlova as the “Swan.” Share Flora and the Flamingo by Molly Idle (Chronicle Books, 2013). Then have students use informational books or sites on the Internet to identify various birds. Instruct them to select a bird and create a two-page spread of a child and a bird in a dance. laurel snyder Laurel Snyder is the author of picture books, novels, and several collections of poetry. She grew up in Baltimore, MD, where she studied ballet at the Peabody Preparatory, Caryl Maxwell Ballet, and The Cultural Arts Institute. She now lives in Atlanta, GA, where she continues to dance, but mostly in her kitchen. For more information, please visit laurelsnyder.com. julie morstad Julie Morstad is an award-winning artist who divides her creative energy between drawing, illustration, animation, and design. She lives with her family in Vancouver, BC. For more information, please visit juliemorstad.com. extension strategies CHRONICLEBOOKS.COM/CLASSROOM uploads/Finance/ swan-teacher-guide.pdf