This imaginative tale is about a little Mazateca girl named Napi who lives in a small village in Oaxaca, Mexico. Every day, Napi and her family sit underneath a shade tree and listen to her grandfather tell stories. As she listens, Napi’s imagination runs wild as she gives the reader colorful descriptions of different times of the day and night. Throughout the story, Napi describes some of her dreams including one about becoming a heron, and flying over her village. Throughout the story, the reader is introduced to the vocabulary of Napi’s culture.
After reading this story with my students, I would first have them go back through the story and define some of the vocabulary words that they are not familiar with, such as “huipiles.” I would then have them draw a picture of the words that they defined. Then I would talk to them about the imagery in the story, and how it helps them get a better picture in their minds. I would then direct them to write a story in which they describe their own “villages” or towns, while creating lots of imagery for their readers.
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