By: Eve Bunting
Illustrated by: Ronald Himler
A Day's Work is about a young boy, Francisco, and his grandfather. His grandfather recently came over from Mexico to California to live with Francisco and his mother. On a Saturday, Francisco decided to help his grandfather get a job for the day, since he grand father new no English. A man came looking for a gardener and although Francisco's grandfather knew nothing about gardening, Francisco said he did. The two of them got the job and worked all day in the sun. At the end, they found out that they pulled the plants instead of the weeds and were caught in a lie. This is a great book to learn about a new culture.
Theme: Through Francisco's lie to better himself, students will learn that even though sometimes lying can help them, it will end up having consequences later.
Theme: Through Francisco's lie to better himself, students will learn that even though sometimes lying can help them, it will end up having consequences later.
About the Author:
Eve Bunting was born in Ireland and came over to America in 1958. Since Bunting was interesting in a variety of things and wanted to share this information, she decided to do this by writing children's books. She has since written more than a 100 books for children.
Pre-Reading Activities:
Discuss different types of jobs and explore a variety of Spanish words. Also, it is important to talk about immigration and what it is.
Discuss different types of jobs and explore a variety of Spanish words. Also, it is important to talk about immigration and what it is.
Post Reading Activities:
Students will discuss and compile a piece about a time that they lied to help themselves or someone else. They will talk about the problems it may have caused and why they decided to lie in the first place.
Students will discuss and compile a piece about a time that they lied to help themselves or someone else. They will talk about the problems it may have caused and why they decided to lie in the first place.
I'm kind of interested to know what the time period was for this book? I am also interested to see what happens to the boy and his grandfather after the lie, and I like the pre-reading activity that you came up with, It might even be cool to teach kids what different jobs are and how to say them in Spanish :) The idea of lying must come up in evvverrryyy grade level, and I know I certainly see it almost daily, and I like how in the post-activity the students are making a connection to the text.
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