In last week's BLOG, I recommended using Dow Phumiruk's picture book, Happy Songkran Day! The Thai New Year Celebration to celebrate culture and diversity. It may be used for all ages to explore the Thai New Year celebrated from April 13-15. Read last week's blog post to learn more about how to use the book in the classroom. This week, I'll give a brief summary of the book using Storyboard elements from my book, Story Frames for Teaching Literacy. For more information about Story Frames, go HERE or visit Brookes Publishing.
BEGINNING:
1. Ordinary World - Tida is a sweet young girl who lives with her parents and her sister, Lek. She gets a little clumsy when she is excited.
2. Call and Response - Tida wakes up her sister, Lek, on April 13, to celebrate the beginning of the Thai New Year.
3. Mentors, Guides, and Gifts - Tida's mother teaches her the true meaning of the Thai cleaning rituals as the story progresses.
4. Crossing - The family cleans their hands in jasmine water to wash away the sins of the old year in preparation for the new one.
MIDDLE:
5. New World - They go to the temple to pour water on the Buddha statue.
6. Problems, Prizes, and Plans - The family prepares special foods like satay with peanut sauce for the celebration. The prize is the big dance that evening, where Lek will perform with other children. Tida makes a lot of mistakes while cooking because she gets excited and rushes through things.
7. Midpoint Attempt - Tek returns from dance rehearsal and shows the family her special dress made for the occasion. Tida wants to show off her work and accidentally spills peanut sauce on Tek's sash.
8. Chase and Escape - Tida runs to her room in shame.
END:
9. Downtime - Her mother sits with Tida and explains that everyone makes mistakes. The point of the cleansing celebration is to wash away mistakes and start each year anew.
10. Death and Transformation - Tida and her mother wash the sash and make it good as new.
11. Climax: The Final Test - Tida apologizes to Tek for having so many accidents. Her sister tells her that the New Year is a time for forgiveness.
12. Final Reward - Family and friends celebrate the new year with water balloons, squirt guns, and buckets of water, all symbols of cleansing. Tek's dance performance is a great success, and at a big dinner that night, Tida is proud that she does not spill anything.
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